Parfleche

Decorative - Painting Shoshone. Rawhide, rectangular, folded to form a flat container w/ 3 thong ties. Painted: front flaps- central blue lined diamond w/ vert center bar containing 2 blue rectangles; the diamond has concentric green, orange & blue internal areas; sm blue triangles connected at diamond's side points. There is an unpainted area between the diamond & a red, blue, green & orange border.