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Painted buffalo hide, (also worked with quills), Piegan Indians

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Call Number	X-31112
Title	Painted buffalo hide, (also worked with quills), Piegan Indians
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.
Date	[1900-1920?]
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
Physical Description	1 copy negative ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject	Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1920. Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920. Leather painting--1900-1920. Piegan Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920. Hides & skins--1900-1920.
Source	Source: Fred Douglas
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Historical object
Identifier	F5503 DPLW
Filename	10031112.TIF