Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Captain William Ijams Lander (1885-1928); donated to MAI by his widow Helen Bloom Lander (1885-1946) in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Northern Plains (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Captain William I. Lander (William Ijams Lander), Non-Indian, 1885-1928
- Donor
- Helen Bloom Lander (Mrs. William I. Lander), Non-Indian, 1885-1946
- Object Name
- Parfleche case
- Media/Materials
- Rawhide, paint
- Techniques
- Painted, laced, folded
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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