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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 13, 2008 16:00:40 GMT -5
Parfleche is a hide -usually buffalo’s hide- dried by being stretched on a frame after the hair has been removed. Plains Indian headwomen, particularly from the Cheyenne tribe, use parfleche flat bags like the ones in the image to store and carry sacred medicines. The bags are about 40 x 35 cm. (15.7 x 13.7 in.). They are decorated with complex geometric motifs and symbols designed by the headwoman and executed by skillful women artists.  Source: www.muchieastobjects.com/2008/06/90-parfleche-flat-bag.html |
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Post by Henri on Jun 13, 2008 17:44:20 GMT -5
Most of the Plains/Plateau tribes used them.
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Post by clw on Jun 14, 2008 7:37:51 GMT -5
True. I find it odd the site says 'particularly Cheyenne' and also that it implies their use was for 'sacred medicine'. They were the equivalent of a suitcase, used for carrying just about anything that needed a container and came in all shapes and sizes. So beautiful! Rawhide takes paint in a very unique way -- the colors become almost three dimentional. I love painting on rawhide, not that anything of merit develops.  |
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Post by tipis on Jun 16, 2008 13:46:03 GMT -5
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Post by Historian on Feb 5, 2009 0:12:41 GMT -5
Parfleche cases Taos Pueblo - circa 1875  Hunkpapa Lakota - circa 1890  Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) - circa 1900  |
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Post by buffaloman on May 15, 2009 5:54:46 GMT -5
[  This Cheyenne fringed flat bag bundle case is in the Colorado Historical Society and is reportedly from the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. -Bob |
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