Parfleche
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Florence Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: FLAT CASE RAWHIDE PARFLECHE. MADE OF SINGLE PIECE OF RAWHIDE FOLDED TO FORM FRONT AND BACK, WITH TOP CLOSURE FLAP. SIDES SEWN TOGETHER WITH NATIVE TANNED SKIN THONGS IN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH (ENTHOVEN 1996: 45). FRONT AND TOP FLAP DECORATED WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN RED, BLACK, AND GREEN PIGMENT. PIGMENT ON TOP FLAP ALMOST COMPLETELY ERASED. BAG HAS SIDE FRINGES WITH MULTIPLE STRANDS CUT FROM SINGLE PIECE OF NATIVE TANNED SKIN, APPROXIMATELY 77 CM LONG, SEWN INTO SIDE SEAMS OF BAG. SKIN THONG AS CLOSURE TIE. BACK OF BAG HAS SKIN LOOP ATTACHED AT TOP OF BAG AND LONG SEMI-TANNED SKIN STRAPS, 87 CM LONG AND 6 CM WIDE AT THEIR WIDEST. STRAPS HAVE SCALLOPED EDGES, DECORATED WITH PERFORATED DIAMOND SHAPED DESIGNS AND FORKED ENDS. WHEN OFFERED FOR DONATION, CONTAINED 2 KNIFE SHEATHS, 1 SMALL BEADED POUCH, 2 UMBILICAL CORD CHARMS. SEE CATALOG NUMBERS E425949-E425953. ACCORDING TO DONOR'S WILL THIS OBJECT AND ITS CONTENTS BELONGED TO CHIEF SITTING BULL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Lakota
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380523
label: USNM Number
content: E425948-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parfleche
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm