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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Parfleche Envelope, one of a pair
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Parfleche Envelope, one of a pair

Artist
Dateca. 1880
MediumHide and pigment
Dimensions23 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (60.3 × 34.9 × 9.5 cm)
ClassificationsTribal Art
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, in memory of Wilma and Edward Hartman, Lee's Summit and Kingsville, MO, 2020.117.2
Accession number 2020.117.2
On View
On view
Provenance(Allard Auctions, Santa Fe, NM); purchased by Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Parfleche Envelope, one of a pair
unknown Gros Ventre
ca. 1880
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Parfleche Envelope
unknown Lakota
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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Tobacco Bag
unknown Blackfeet
ca. 1880
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Portrait Face Mask (Mblo) with Crest
unknown Baulé
19th century
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Portrait Face Mask (Mblo) with Bird
unknown Baulé
19th century
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Bandolier Bag
unknown Ojibwe
ca. 1880
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Purse
unknown Iroquois
ca. 1850
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Mbulu Ngulu (Reliquary Figure)
unknown Kota
19th century
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Flywhisk with Carved Handle
unknown West African
19th century
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Standing Figure with Bowl on Head
unknown Bete
19th century
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Frog Vessel
unknown Zuni
ca. 1880
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
S.J. - "I learned that one is too many and a thousand is not enough.”
Celestia Morgan
2011