Parfleche

Artist:Arapaho

Medium: Rawhide, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Northern or Southern Plains, United States

Dates:19th century

Dimensions: folded: 15 x 26 x 1 3/4 in. (38.1 x 66 x 4.4 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Exhibitions:

• Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks

Accession Number: X1115.3

Image: CUR.X1115.3.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Folded rawhide bag with three registers each containing bow-like (open hexagon) shape that is conjoined with elongated triangle on two sides.

Brooklyn Museum