Dakota beaded rifle case

Titles: Dakota beaded rifle case (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota, possibly Yanktonai, beaded and fringed buckskin rifle case collected in Sisseton, South Dakota and made in the last quarter of the 19th century. The case is composed of a long, attenuating leather sleeve with beaded ornaments in a bilaterally symmetrical geometric pattern at either end in blue, yellow and red beads. The case has long decorative leather fringe from the bottom tip to about halfway up the body of the case, and again at the opening.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1890 - Not later than 1899 (Creation)

Creation

• owned/used by: Hurd, Dr. Nathan Reynolds

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 9539.5

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 42 inches length without fringe
• 6 inches width without fringe
• 16 inches length fringe (approximate)

Subjects

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