PAIR OF PARFLECHE ENVELOPES

Cheyenne
Northern Plains

ca. 1890

hide, paint
length: 28 ½˝

Inventory # P3882

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Provenance:
Napoleon Moore, Mohawk Lodge, Clinton, OK
Ron Bork, Chicago, IL

Exhibited:
Kansas City Art Institute, November 18 to December 18, 1984

Published:
Native American Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting,
Kansas City, Kansas City Art Institute, pl. 18

References:
Torrence 1994, pgs. 105-113 for a discussion of Cheyenne
parfleche characteristics

“Red Eagle and the Battle of Wounded Knee” (recto)
“Red Eagle Stealing a Horse” (verso)
Lakota

Northern Plains

ca. 1890

P4147