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.
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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