Rawhide Container (Parfleche)
Ute
Great Basin
mid-19th century
Leather and paint
Overall: 25 3/16 × 11 15/16 in. (64 × 30.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
14.1.4448
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: "50.1 6947" Old Paper Tag: "20"
Provenance
American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; received by present collection in Exchange #3, 1914.
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