Pair Rawhide (Parfleche) Saddle-Bags
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1877
label: Collection Date
content: 1877
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INFORMATION FOUND ON LABEL BEARING SAME CATALOG NUMBER: TOILET CASE OF THE SHOSHONEAN INDIANS. MADE OF RAWHIDE. CYLINDRICAL IN FORM AND DECORATED WITH LONG, CUT FRINGES AND GEOMETRICAL FIGURES IN VARIED COLORS"
label: Notes
content: Described and illustrated (Figure 80b-d) in Fowler and Matley (1979). P. 83 notes about the design painted on bag # 2 of 2: "Design painted around the specimen is in blue, yellow, and red coloring. The form is the maker's version of some standard or guide-on emblem. It depicts an eagle with a banner and a stylized attempt to copy the words "E Pluribus Unum," two American flags, a shield and a wagon, cannon, or wagon wheel."
label: Notes
content: Parfleche bag # 2 of 2 has words resembling "E Pluribus Unum" on a banner, and a heraldic eagle with shield on its chest. These appear to be motifs like/inspired by those used on the Great Seal of the United States and which have also appeared on early U.S. Peace Medals and various U.S. coins, etc... This cylindical parfleche bag also has a small beaded leather bag with strap tied onto one of its straps.
label: Notes
content: Culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Aug 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shoshone, Eastern, Wind River
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005914
label: USNM Number
content: E27826-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle Bag