The lot features a beautiful Crow beaded Indian hide and old trade clothe rifle scabbard with stunning long fringes. The rifle scabbard has a thick Indian tanned hide with some stiffened and supple spots with early antique trade clothe sections and beadwork using both early glass trade seed beads and pony glass trade beads. The piece has an early pattern and early materials appearing to be a nice early example, but the exact age is unknown, please examine for your representation of age. The beadwork shows colors of greasy yellow, greasy blue, cobalt, red white heart with opalescent white and semi-transparent green. There are some old trade clothe of red stroud wool with some old loss, there is some slight bead loss, but mainly present and well kept. Measures overall approx. 36 inches long without the fringes by 7.5 inches wide. The fringes are approx. 32 inches long.