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Dakota beaded and quillwork knife sheath
68.116.3
Titles: Dakota beaded and quillwork knife sheath (Supplied title)
Description: Dakota knife sheath made of brain tanned hide sewn with sinew and beaded at the top in a diamond pattern. Attached to the top opening are tassels decorated with quillwork and metal cones, and there is a line of metal cones on the sheath. Collected by Chesley Billing Tirrell of the 1st Minnesota Regiment, Company C, during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
Dates
- Approximately 1850 (Creation)
Creation
- collected by: Tirrell, Chesley Billings
- about: United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864), Company C
- about: United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 68.116.3
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections
Notes
- A three-dimensional model, in pdf file format, is available for this object.
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 23 1/2 inches height (mount for sheath)
- 6 1/4 inches width (mount for sheath)
Subjects
- Military
- Indian
- Oceti Sakowin
- Minnesota, United States
- Dakota Indians
- U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Dakota Indians
- Tirrell, Chesley Billings
- United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864), Company C
- United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
- Fort Snelling
- Sheath (case)
Locations
- Name: Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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