Parfleche case
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Kiowa (attributed); possibly collected from the Southern Inunaina (Arapaho)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1944.
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- Date created
- circa 1875
- Catalog Number
- 20/6424
- Barcode
- 206424.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Parfleche case
- Media/Materials
- Rawhide, paint
- Techniques
- Painted
- Dimensions
- 69 x 19 cm
- Place
- Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Kiowa
- Southern Inunaina (Arapaho)
- Containers and Vessels
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_220444
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6954e2e2d-f6f0-4a62-a52b-5ada69c41318
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