Sheath
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Leather, Wood
Measurements
245 mm (Length)70 mm (W)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303989
Summary
A Native Canadian sheath made from kid leather with applied panel of red felt decorated with blue, pink and green glass beads, and embroidered along the braided edges. Collected Yukon 1902 (1907?). Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label. Either Pelly River 1907 or White River 1902/1903. Indian Knife Sheath. Yukon. Probably White River.