Image

Tan cloth with angular geometric patterning in bright reds, yellows, blues and greens, folded into its center and secured with tan laces.

Back of the tan cloth folded over into its center with a green border running along its folded edges.

Unknown Maker, Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)

Parfleche,

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), Native North American

Title

Parfleche

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Scraped hide and pigment

Techniques

Scraped hide and pigment

Dimensions

61 cm (24 inches) (length)

Place

Geographic Reference: Great Plains

Type

Costume Accessories

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.099

About

Parfleche

Geographic Reference: Great Plains

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World

October 22, 2022 - June 4, 2023

Form, Pattern, and Function

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

Use

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