Knife Case

Provenance

Dr. Thomas Saint Germain Whitecloud III (1940–2003), New Orleans, LA, by 2003 [this and the following according to RTCCA object record; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to Mercedes Whitecloud, New Orleans, LA, 2003; given to Ralph T. Coe (1929–2010), Santa Fe, Feb. 22, 2003; by descent to his estate, 2010; transferred to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, 2010–11; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Knife Case

Arapaho

c. 1880

Accession Number

279959

Medium

Buffalo hide and glass seed beads, with sinew

Dimensions

24.2 × 12.7 × 1.3 cm (9 1/2 × 5 × 1/2 in.)

Classification

beadwork

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts