Painted buffalo hide, (also worked with quills), Piegan Indians
Date
[1900-1920?]
Summary
View of a painted and quill-worked buffalo hide created by Native Americans of the Piegan (Blackfoot) tribe, specimen no. IV-B 201, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. It depicts arrow shapes lined up in columns and separated by a strip of quill work in the middle.
Description
1 copy negative ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts; Leather painting; Piegan Indians--Arts & crafts; Hides & skins
Format-Medium
Historical object;
Source
Fred Douglas
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710031112
Notes
Formerly F5503.; Title and "...collected by Prince Maximilian of Wied, Upper Missouri, 1844, specimen no. IV-B 201, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin" hand-written on back of print.; R7100311127
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