Parfleche Visor
CultureNorthern Plains, probably Crow, Montana
Dateca. 1850
MediumBuffalo rawhide and native pigment
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/4 × 12 1/8 inches (43.82 × 30.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Kay and John Callison Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2015.31
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DescriptionBuffalo hide sun visor recycled from a painted parfleche with serrated edges all around. The bill of the visor is painted with geometric designs in red, green, yellow, blue and brown. The underside has two horses carved into the hide along with an outline of another horse.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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