Quillwork Sheath Brian Tanned Deer Woodland Indian Start Price USD 249.95 Current Price USD 249.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 30, 2008 End Time Sunday, December 07, 2008 Location Casa Grande, Arizona See more about 'Quillwork Sheath Brian Tanned Deer Woodland Indian' Description QUILLWORKWOODLAND INDIANNECK SHEATH / DELAWAREThis is a porcupine quillworked neck sheath using natural white, orange, yellow, and black quill colors. They are stitched onto a brain tanned deer leather dyed brown using walnut hulls, and sewn with linen thread. Quills were used by the woodland Indian tribes by dying the quills, soaking, flattening, and basically sewing them in a series of geometric designs. As trade brought glass beads to the tribes the quillwork soon was phased out and by the beginning of the 19th century was all but gone.This knife sheath is 3 ½ inches wide at the top and taperes to 1 3/8 inches at the bottom. The sheath is 10 1/2 inches in length. The outlining beadwork is done with white glass Czech seedbeads. The lacing is long enough for tying to any length and is decorated with white and red orange crowbeads. There are 20 brass cones with red dyed deerhair decorating the bottom, sides, and front of the sheath. The inside of the sheath is lined with a heavier leather to procect the stitching.The knife is an old colonial style BUTCHER. The knife is stamped Ontario Knife Co./ USA. The handle is walnut dyed oak The blade is 6 inches long and the handle is 4 ½ inches. Please note that quillwork is a very time consuming process so I need to compensate for this.This is a copy of a museum example of a Delaware knife sheath. I made it as close to the original as I could. It had no existing example of the neck lace so I made a simple style replacement. It is 28 inches in length so you can wear it as is...or cut the leather at the top and tie it to your desired length.This handsome quillworked neck sheath would make a nice addition to anyone’s kit if you are portraying a woodland Indian or a Longhunter. It also makes a beautiful decorative frontier piece for your home or office.Please email me if you have any questions or for custom work. You can also see more of my woodland arts on my ebay store under ART OF AMERICA PAST GALLERY. I have also been the featured artist on the cover of The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association’s publication MUZZLE BLASTS. Several of my frontier paintings are also in MY STORE. Place a Bid!