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ProvenanceJonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.158.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 178.
Culture
Apsaalooke (Crow)
Related Person
Thomas Crow and Company
Tubular Parfleche
Datec. 1890
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 5 in. (40.6 × 12.7 cm)
Object numberT0052
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextParfleches, ubiquitous on the Plains and Plateau region, are leather cases made of hide, in which everything from food to sacred medicine was kept. Made in all shapes and sizes, they were usually painted by women with geometric and abstract designs. Heavily fringed parfleches were used to store ritual regalia and later were prominently displayed as a part of equestrian finery at parades and pow-wows. The term parfleche, from the French of early fur traders, came to be applied to these distinctive envelopes because rawhide was also used in shields that turn away (par) arrows (fleche).ProvenanceJonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.158.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 178.
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