Parfleche Envelope
CultureLakota (Teton Sioux), North or South Dakota
Dateca. 1900
MediumRawhide, native tanned leather, glass beads, dyed porcupine quills, metal cones, and dyed horsehair
DimensionsOverall: 27 1/2 × 13 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (69.85 × 33.66 × 8.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Paxton Jr.
Object number2010.60.1
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionOne of a pair of folded rawhide containers, the front ornamented with glass beadwork in geometric designs.Published ReferencesTorrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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