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Object Number
985-27-10/59433
Display Title
Parfleche with top and side flaps decorated, Jicarilla Apache or possibly Ute.
Descriptions
Object Description
Cheyenne parfleche. Top and side flaps decorated. Top flaps have 2 panels of designs in blue and brown separated by lines of red, green and blue. And 2 red and blue right triangles on each side. All outlined in narrow line of brown. 89.1x38.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Rawhide parfleche, rectangular, painted geometric design, leather ties.
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1870-1885
Culture
- Jicarilla Apache
- Cheyenne
- Ute?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Parfleche Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 89.1 x 38.2 cm (35 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59433 & 34350 / Chey & M##D / $15.00 / LZD
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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