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Call Number	X-32479
Title	Painted buffalo hide
Summary	Native American (Hidatsa) painted bison hide shows: rows of thin parallel lines capped with circles or u-shapes and separated by rows of bold lines; some rows with stick figures; stick figures and clusters of lines border the central design. Collected by Maximilian Prince of Wied from the upper Missouri riverbanks around 1844.
Date	[1900?]
Notes	Formerly F5504.; Title and "(also worked with quills). Minitari Indians. Collected by Prince Maximilian of Wied, Upper Missouri, 1844. Specimen no. IV B202." hand-written on back of print.; R7100324798
Physical Description	1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject	Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects. Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910. Hidatsa Indians--Arts & crafts--1840-1850. Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850. Leather painting--1840-1850. Hides & skins--1840-1850.
Source	Source: Fred Douglas.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR710032479
Format-Medium	Historical object
Identifier	F5504 DPLW
Filename	10032479.TIF

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