Embroidered Wool Sheath
Embroidered Wool Sheath
Place of OriginNorth America
Datelate 18th century
Dimensions30 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (78.1 × 7.3 × 3.2 cm)
Mediumwool, natural dye
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LinePurchased with funds from The Joseph and Kathleen Magliochetti Fund
Object number
2023.365
Not on View
DescriptionPerhaps for a pipe or weapon, of cylindrical form, composed of red, green, and blue wool cloth, roughly embroidered with a name (?) and the numbers ‘8826’
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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