View Four: History of this Parfleche Bag

This is the side view of the Parfleche bag, where you can see the fold of the rawhide sheet into an envelope shape. The side view shows that the sides of the Parfleche are also decorated, although the back of the bag is not. Sometime between 1884 and 1901, this Parfleche was purchased from Weasel Fat by Maude Deane-Freeman, who was the wife of a kinnonna (Indian agent) stationed on the Blood (Kainai) reserve between 1884 and 1901. In 1901, the Deane-Freemans moved to Ontario and sold the collection of Kainai objects that they had to the Royal Ontario Museum and the British Museum in 1903. Right now, this bag is in the British Museum in London.