Quilled and Beaded Hide Knife Sheath
Quilled and Beaded Hide Knife Sheath
Place of OriginNorth America
Datelate 18th century
DimensionsMax Dims with strap and tassels: 20 1/2 × 4 × 1 1/8 in. (52.1 × 10.2 × 2.9 cm)
Max dims of knife sheath without strap or tassels: 6 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (16.5 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm)
Max dims of knife sheath without strap or tassels: 6 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (16.5 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm)
Mediumhide, porcupine quills, natural dyes, tin, deer fur, linen yarn
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2023.370
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionA knife sheath of slightly curving form, faced with a quill-wrapped splint, interwoven with contrasting quills in red and white, to form two large ‘X’ motifs, trimmed with opaque, white glass beadwork and tin cones inserted with red-dyed deer fur; the sheath carrying strap is decorated with red, white, blue and green-dyed porcupine quill wraps around braided linen yarn.
Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.
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