SKU: 190903-06

Plains Beaded Scabbard with Fringe

$325.00

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Late 20th Century 

7" L x 2" W + 3" Beaded Loop + 1.5" Fringe

Hand Crafted from Soft Native Tanned Hide with Glass Seed Bead Contemporary Beadwork Scabbard with Fringe Beautiful Work

In Very Good Condition

A Plaines Beaded Scabbard with Fringe is a traditional Native American artifact from theGreat Plains tribes (such as Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, Arapaho, or Blackfoot), often called a knife sheath or knife scabbard.  These are leather (usually buckskin or native-tanned hide) cases for knives, elaborately decorated with glass beadwork in geometric patterns and featuring long fringe for both aesthetic and practical purposes—like movement during riding or dancing, and to help brush off insects or debris.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Plains Indian

Year Range: 1975 - 2000

Region: Plains

Dimensions: 7 in2 in3 in1.5 in

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