Knife Case, ca. 1870

  • Cheyenne, Native American

Raw hide, deer hide, glass beads, and tin cone

  • Overall: 9 × 3 inches (22.9 × 7.6 cm)

Gift of Allen Ledyard

2008.28

1997, bequethed to Allen Ledyard (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Cheyenne, Native American, Knife Case, ca. 1870, raw hide, deer hide, glass beads, and tin cone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Allen Ledyard, 2008.28.