OKay, being from Cache Valley, Utah and having travelled the country and know people who were Shoshone, Ute, and Navajo (and some Papago, Hopi, Zuni, Blackfeet, etc.) I want to stay with the Shoshone and Ute designs.
I have two pictures, unfortunately not in color, of solid color beaded panels with crosses on them. Both are on Shoshone shirts. One is very light (white?) with darker crosses (red, black, blue ?) and the other is darker...but not really black dark... background with lighter colored crosses. Both have vertical borders about a bead wide in colors to match the crosses.
Could I have a dark red with white crosses and border and not be too far off?
I appreciate the reference materials, but I'd like to get this scabbard done before Christmas and my local library doesn't have most of the books given.
If this turns out well I'll likely do more and spend more time on research, but this one is a quicky and a practice piece to see if I can actually do the leather and bead work before I dive in over my head.