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parfleche
;
quiver
;
religious/ritual equipment
;
bag
Object Type
parfleche
quiver
religious/ritual equipment
bag
Museum number
Am1900,-.143
Description
Parfleche bag (with fringe) made of hide (buffalo).
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Klickitat
Made by:
Umpqua
Made by:
Siuslaw
Production place
Made in:
Grand Ronde Reservation
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
R W Summers
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Oregon (state)
Found/Acquired:
Grand Ronde Reservation
Materials
buffalo skin
Technique
sewn
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
12.90 centimetres
Length:
58.70 centimetres
(of parfleche)
Length:
95 centimetres
Curator's comments
Ethnography Department Christy Collection registration Slip: "165. Quiver of buffalo hide painted on one side with lozenges in red, green, blue and black. Long thong fringe. Kliketat quiver obtained from Santiago, Umpqua witch doctor Grand Rd Reserv 1875. Made of buffalo hide. Ornamented by their own paints which are indelible. RWS".
Bibliographic references
Cawley 1994 / Indian journal of Rev. R. W. Summers: first episcopal priest of Seattle (1871-73) and McMinnville
(p. 110)
Werth 1993 / "Ahnkuttie": ahnkuttie kleska wawa = Long ago they said: the Indian Journal of R.W. Summers
(p. 128)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Rev Selwyn C Freer
Acquisition date
1900
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1900,-.143
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Am1900C3.143
(old CDMS no.)