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Very Old Sioux Beaded Knife Sheath

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Very Old Sioux Beaded Knife Sheath
This a geometric beaded design with chalk white, transparent red and sky blue trade beads accented with fringe on brain tanned leather. Top loop is separated and has scattered losses to bead work, shows age. The bottom shows a wonderful long cut hide fringe with tin jingle cones with red trade feathers. This is from a very large collection of Native American artifacts from Paris ,France. The collector believes this piece to be from the 19th century.