Parfleche Case/Valise
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: Three folded rawhide cases, painted on front flaps in geometric patterns, outlined in black. Two (-1 and -2) form a matched set. all approx. 28.5" (72 cm). Records: This painting is done with a piece of bone. The cases are called "parfleche" because the French found the Indians carrying meat in them. Commonly used as valises for holding the Indian dresses. (L). (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: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Oct 2020
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: E152963-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parfleche