Accession No
D 1976.227
Description
Parfleche or chest of painted buffalo hide: " Supposed by the old people to have been sent from the Manito-ah, at a time of famine, full of buffalo meat. A young man of exemplary piety was so moved by the sufferings of his people that he prayed until he fell down into a swoon. When he recovered consciousness, he found himself in the presence of the Manito-ah and the totems, who fed him and then sent him back to earth, on a great bird, with the parfleche full of meat in his arms. When the meat had fed all the tribe, the parfleche was, according to the instructions given by the totems set out of doors and left over night. In the morning, all sorts of game had collected round it, and the hunters collected enough to last the rest of winter. For a long time the parfleche held a dancer's costume: but it was finally sold by a poor widow who had no sons to care for it."
Place
Americas; North America; USA
Period
Source
Folklore Society [depositor and donor]; Owen, Mary Alicia [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
D 1976.227; MAA: D 1976.227; 91
Cultural Affliation
C=Plains; T=Musquakie; Fox; L=Algonquian
Material
Leather
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Nos. 1976.136-244 form the Owen Collection, donated to CUMAA via the Folklore Society. See record 1976.136 for bibliographic details; Collected by: Owen Collection; Owen.Miss.M.A.
Event Date 18/11/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Parfleche or chest of painted buffalo hide: " Supposed by the old people to have been sent from the Manito-ah, at a time of famine, full of buffalo meat. A young man of exemplary piety was so moved by the sufferings of his people that he prayed until he fell down into a swoon. When he recovered consciousness, he found himself in the presence of the Manito-ah and the totems, who fed him and then sent him back to earth, on a great bird, with the parfleche full of meat in his arms. When the meat had fed all the tribe, the parfleche was, according to the instructions given by the totems set out of doors and left over night. In the morning, all sorts of game had collected round it, and the hunters collected enough to last the rest of winter. For a long time the parfleche held a dancer's costume: but it was finally sold by a poor widow who had no sons to care for it."
Event Date 18/11/1992
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Woodlands GRASAC project
Event Date 28/4/2009
Author: Rachel Hand
FM:83539
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