Parfleche
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John L. Fox
label: Collector
content: Lt. Richard R. Waldron
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR PARFLECHE FLAT BAG OF PAINTED RAWHIDE WITH TANNED SKIN FRINGE ON EACH SIDE, WHICH HAS TWO LOOPS ON THE BACK FOR CARRYING. THE PAINTED DESIGNS ARE DONE IN RED, BLACK AND BLUE-GREEN OVER WHITE HIDE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; WRITTEN ON BAG, "EX EX LIEUT WILKES, N.W. COAST BY J.L. FOX EX EX","2618 PLATEAU, R.R. WALDRON." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED DENVER MUSEUM 1965. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED IN S.I. LEDGER AS A SEAL SKIN POUCH.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PARFLECHE "TRAVELLING WORK BAG MADE AND USED BY THE NATIVES OF THE INTERIOR OF THE NORTHWEST OF AMERICA". MISS M. MORROW SAYS THE POUCH IS OF BUFFALO--NOT SEAL SKIN/12/20/45. LOAN: DENVER MUSEUM 3/15/65. RETURNED 10/6/65. [back] LENT TO THE BURKE MUSEUM, 2/23/89. LOAN RETURNED OCT 10, 1989. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: LENT TO DES MOINES ART CENTER, MAY, 1994 FOR THE EXHIBITION "THE AMERICAN INDIAN PARFLECHE: A TRADITION OF ABSTRACT PAINTING" WHERE IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS "PROBABLY PRESENTED TO J.L. FOX OF THE WILKES EXPEDITION AT FORT VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, 1841, BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Columbia River, Oregon Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2618-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parfleche
physicalDescription: label: Length - Fringe
content: 53 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 28 cm