Not Given, Oklahoma Territory, United States, North America
Accession Date:
14 Nov 1947
Notes:
ACCORDING TO THE EXHIBITION "THE AMERICAN INDIAN PARFLECHE: A TRADITION OF ABSTRACT PAINTING", DES MOINES ART CENTER, MAY 28, 1994-AUGUST 7, 1994, THIS OBJECT WAS COLLECTED BY BRIG. GENERAL JAMES D. GLENNAN; ENTERED IN HIS CATALOG AS "KIOWA TRUNK, ...PURCHASED 1892, BELONGED TO HAWGONE'S BROTHER'S CHILD."
Parfleche. Folded, rectangular rawhide case, geometric designs painted on front. 29" (74 cm). Records: Purchased 1892. (C). Associated names: Hawgone's brother's child. (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
Entry in Glennan's original catalog: "10. Kiowa trunk, raw-hide, Purchased 1892. Belonged to Hawgone's brother's child. His brother had double pneumonia at the time and recovered." By Hawgone, he was referring to Haungooah, or Silver Horn, who had several brothers.