Northern Plains/Plateau knife sheath late 19th/early 20th century, hard rawhide with attached quill wrapped slats on one side, sheath sewn together with sinew, quilled slats attached with thread, 5-1/2 in. long, with blade; beaded necktie, calico backed, 10 in. long Provenance: Collected by Sara Goodspeed, Pryor, Crow Reservation, Montana , between 1913-1925); descended in the Goodspeed family; Private Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee
Condition
sheath with missing quills, wear and grime commensurate with age,ÿ knife missing most of bone handle, rusty and pitted; necktie withÿ no apparent bead loss, two small holes in calico