Parfleche cylinders were canvases through which Crow female artists perhaps painted their most intriguing and exciting designs. This cylinder, probably created at beginning of the Reservation Period (1880-1920), would likely have been used to house parade regalia.

Elaborately painted Crow cylinders have long been celebrated by American Indian Art collectors and art enthusiasts alike. It is no surprise then that this particular cylinder was showcased at the Aspen Art Museum, along with other examples of exceptional American Indian Art in the exhibit, “Art of Grace and Passion.”

21” long and 5” diameter (cylinder); 37” long (fringe)

Ex Bill and Elaine Jarrett, CO; ex Stanley and Linda Marcus, TX

Published: George Shaw and Teena Shaw, Art of Grace and Passion: Antique American Indian Art (Aspen, CO: Aspen Art Museum, 1999), p. 30, 102.

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