Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Parfleche Envelope
Artistunknown Lakota
Person or group, or a general cultural designation, belonging to the Lakota Sioux, Plains Indian, Native North American culture. [Getty ULAN]
Dateca. 1900
MediumHide and pigment
Dimensions20 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 4 in. (52.1 x 33.7 x 10.2 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, in memory of Bruce VanLandingham, Santa Fe, NM, and Boseman, MT, 2020.118
ClassificationTribal Art
Provenance(Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, OH), April 5, 2013, lot 290; purchased by Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 37× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.