Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2237Location: BostonDate / Time: May 22, 2004 10:00AM
Description:
Northern Plains Beaded Hide Knife Case, Yankton Sioux, c. last quarter 19th century, buffalo hide with commercial leather liner, beaded on both sides with differing multicolored geometric patterns, a row of tin cones across each side, spaced tin cones down the edge, roll-beaded strap, and three long drops terminating in tin cones, (minor restoration by Mark Miller, tin cone loss),lg. with drops 20 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000