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177 Crow Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, the rawhide form painted red and blue on the front and partially beaded in a multicolored sawtooth design, the green trade cloth edging with a line of white beads, brass tack detail, includes a period knife, lg. without beaded drop 11 1/2 in. $3,000-4,000
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178 Assiniboine Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870, rawhide liner covered with soft hide and beaded on one side with a multicolored geometric design, includes an old butcher knife, lg. 10 in. $2,000-2,500 179 Northern Plains Beaded Hide Pistol Holster, c. last quarter 19th century, with button flap and beaded on one side, old label reads “Pisto Holster, Crow,� lg. including fringe 11 1/2 in. Provenance: A New York Historical Society. $600-800
180 Arapaho Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870s, with rawhide liner, the soft hide cover beaded on one side with geometric designs, includes a knife with inlaid handle, (minor bead loss), lg. 9 3/8 in. Provenance: Ex James Waste collection. $2,500-3,500
181 Sioux Beaded Hide and Leather Knife Sheath, c. 1880, commercial leather sheath, the hide-covered front beaded with geometric designs, tine cone danglers, includes old butcher knife, lg. 9 3/4 in. $2,500-3,500
182 Lakota Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870, in buffalo rawhide and soft hide, beaded on one side with multicolored geometric designs, includes a period knife, lg. 9 1/2 in. $2,500-3,000
184 Plains Cree Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, made for a large dag knife, beaded on the front with a banded design done in a rare net-weave technique using glass and metallic seed beads, with a wood form liner, patina of use, lg. 19 1/4 in. $4,000-6,000
183 Central Plains Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870s, with painted parfleche back, the front with buffalo hide cover and beaded with geometric designs using multicolored seed beads, some faceted, tin cone danglers, lg. 10 in. Exhibitions: Brightly Beaded: North American Indian Glass Beadwork, McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 2014. $5,000-7,000
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