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Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.
The Flag in American Indian Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceForrest Otis, Cannonball, North Dakota, Standing Rock Reservation; daniel Brown, San Francisco, California; Nicholas Campagna, Boxford, Massachusetts; Kenneth Canfield, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyFenichell, Jill Weitzman. "The Flag in American Indian Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July, 23, 1993, p.72.
Athineos, Doris. "Tribal Art Law."Antique Monthly. November 1993: 27.
Battle, Megan and Robert Mottley. "Old Glory: An Indian Overview." Colonial Homes, (December 1993): 42-45.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.151.
Herbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, pp. 70-73, pl. 58.
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. 154.
Culture
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Bag
Date1890
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 12 × 4 1/4 in. (38.1 × 30.5 × 10.8 cm)
Object numberT0352
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextParfleche was originally produced from the rawhide of a buffalo. The term derives from the French Canadian words parer “to ward off or turn aside” and flèche “arrows.” Women painted designs on rawhide while the hides were staked out to dry and before the pattern was cut. The geometric design of the flag lends itself to the traditional abstract patterns of parfleche decoration.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.
The Flag in American Indian Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceForrest Otis, Cannonball, North Dakota, Standing Rock Reservation; daniel Brown, San Francisco, California; Nicholas Campagna, Boxford, Massachusetts; Kenneth Canfield, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyFenichell, Jill Weitzman. "The Flag in American Indian Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July, 23, 1993, p.72.
Athineos, Doris. "Tribal Art Law."Antique Monthly. November 1993: 27.
Battle, Megan and Robert Mottley. "Old Glory: An Indian Overview." Colonial Homes, (December 1993): 42-45.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.151.
Herbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, pp. 70-73, pl. 58.
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. 154.
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