Parfleche case
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1865
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Edwin W. Countryman, Non-Indian, 1872-1946
label: Previous owner
content: Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
label: Previous seller
content: Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
label: Previous owner
content: Thomas J. Watson (Thomas C. Watson), Non-Indian, 1874-1956
label: Previous owner
content: IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
label: Donor
content: IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edwin W. Countryman (1872-1946, a Buffalo, New York, attorney); acquired by Reuben B. Oldfield (1878-1954, a collector of Indian items from Bath, New York) at an unknown date; purchased from Reuben Oldfield by Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, Chairman and CEO of IBM) in 1947; transferred to the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences at an unknown date; donated to MAI by the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences in 1960.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana or Alberta; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/274
label: Barcode
content: 230274.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Parfleche case
label: Media/Materials
content: Rawhide, buffalo hide/skin, paint
label: Techniques
content: Painted