Knife sheath (beaded hide)

Of tapering form, sinew sewn, lazy stitched in blue and translucent red with white heart beads against a yellow ground, decorated with a narrow band border of triangular motifs, enclosing a column of V motifs, the reverse, lazy stitched with a narrow band border in blue and translucent red with white heart beads against a yellow ground decorated with concentric cross motifs alternating with squares, the band enclosing a central design pattern of four pairs of terraced diagonal elements in yellow and translucent red with white heart beads against a blue ground, accented with tin cone suspensions, two fully beaded tassels in similar colors, and a hair drop constructed of a circular hide medallion decorated with applied red wool trade cloth and trimmed in two shades of blue and yellow beads and braided hair