A matched pair of Blackfeet painted buffalo hide parfleche envelopes with remnants of painted decorations and colors of red, blue and yellow. Holes punched to carry on horseback. Collected from a Blackfeet family in Heartbeat, Montana. Extremely rare.
PERIOD: Last Half 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains – Blackfeet, Native American
SIZE: 24″ x 14 1/2″ and 23″ x 13 1/2″