Fringed Rawhide (Parfleche) Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Dec 1948
name: label: Donor Name
content: Georgetown University
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Rawhide case with top flap and long skin fringe at sides. Top flap and case front painted in geometric designs in reddish brown, green and dark brown. All painted forms outlined in dark brown. Written in ink on front of specimen: "Hunting Bag used by Arapaho Indians. Presented by C. ___ Waltman, Phila.""
label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "LENGTH OF RAWHIDE FOLDED, SEAMED ON EDGES W/ BUCKSKIN, ENDING IN FLAP OVER OPENING. BUCKSKIN STITCHING LEFT LONG TO CREATE FRINGES. BACK OF CASE HAS 2 RAWHIDE & BUCKSKIN STRAPS, 1 LONGER THAN THE OTHER. FLAP HAS RAWHIDE THONG FOR FASTENING THROUGH HOLES IN CASE & FLAP. FRONT OF CASE & FLAP DECORATED W/ RED, BLACK, BLUE PAINTS. FRINGED SKIN SLIGHTLY RED."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arapaho (Inunaina, Hinono'ei)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 181344
label: USNM Number
content: E386767-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm