Parfleche Envelope (opened flat).
Mesquakie (?), c. 1800. Collected by Friedrich Paul Wilheim, Duke of Wuertemberg, 1822-24.
Rawhide, pigment.
163 x 93.5 cm
Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde: #12591.Fig. 15: Parfleche Flat Bag (photos of front and back, and reconstruction). This unusual bag was used by the headwoman of the rawhide painters' society to contain sacred medicines. The yellow coloration of the lighting patterns in the negative space is unique.
Northern Cheyenne, c. 1850.
Buffalo rawhide, pigment. 26 x 28 cm.
Hermann Vonbank collection, Munich.