Cylindrical Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: ONE CYLINDRICAL PARFLECHE WITH THIS CATALOG NUMBER WAS LENT TO THE DES MOINES ART CENTER IN MAY, 1994 FOR THE EXHIBITION "AMERICAN INDIAN PARFLECHE: A TRADITION OF ABSTRACT PAINTING." ACCORDING TO THE EXHIBIT LABEL, IT IS MADE OF BUFFALO RAWHIDE, PIGMENT, WOOL, AND COTTON CLOTH.
label: Notes
content: LEDGER, CATALOG CARD AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY 1 OF 8 SENT TO GLEN IS. MUSEUM, NEW YORK, 1894.
label: Notes
content: [Describing all parts in E152966-0 through -7:] Seven flat rectangular cases and one cylindrical case of rawhide. All but two painted with geometric forms. Strip of cotton applique on stroud cloth backing tied to cylindrical case [E152966-0]. Records: Used to hold berries, sugar, powdered meat, etc. Illustrated in: SI-AR 1930, 556, pl. 8. (C, L). Negative number: 20501 k; 20501; 20581. (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Notes
content: The applique design work done in cotton cloth on the strap (strip of cotton applique with stroud cloth backing) which is tied to the cylindrical parfleche case resembles ribbonwork.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Sep 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152966-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parfleche