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West Trading Post, Pine Ridge Reservation | |||||||
Two layers of heavy white rawhide, trimmed with green felt trade cloth and laced together with buckskin lacing. | Hand Painted Parfleche-style Wall Hanging DCS-33
(ONLY ONE AVAILABLE)
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Paula says - "This beautiful parfleche-style wall hanging is from the Native West Trading Post located on the Pine Ridge Reservation near The Badlands in South Dakota. Native West handles a wide range of authentic Native American jewelry and crafts made by local Lakota Sioux artists. This is a piece of art, not a functional parfleche."
This parfleche wall hanging is made from rawhide and trimmed in green trade cloth. It is hand-painted, hand-crafted Native American Art.
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What is a Parfleche?Parfleche, tough, folded rawhide carrying bag made by the Plains Indians of North America; more loosely applied, the term also refers to many specialized rawhide articles. The Plains Indians had an abundant source of hides in the buffalo they hunted, but, as they were nomadic, they had little opportunity to tan the skins. Parfleche, or rawhide, was prepared by cleaning and dehairing the skin and then by stretching it and allowing it to dry in the sun. This process created a stiff but durable leather that was used for many items, including bags, thongs, and war shields. - from Britannica.com |