Parfleche
29-47-184
From: United States of America | Montana | Blackfeet Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
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Object Number
29-47-184
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Blackfeet
Provenience
United States of America | Montana | Blackfeet Reservation
Culture Area
Great Plains Culture Area
Section
American
Materials
Parfleche | Rawhide | Pigment
Description
Painted with two rows of barbed triangles, red, blue, yellow and brown.
Rawhide
Height
33 cm
Length
137.2 cm
Width
91.4 cm
Credit Line
Received from various sources, pre-1929
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Dockstader, Frederick J. Indian Art in North America: Arts and Crafts . Fourth Printing ed. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society. See: Fig 207
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American Indian Art: Form and Tradition . New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1972. See: Page 139/Cat No 674; Page 112/Fig 168View related objects
Torrence, Gaylord. The American Indian Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting . Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994. See: Page 183/No 77
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Guide to the Collections, The University Museum . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 77View related objects
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