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Rawhide Box

Portland Art Museum

89.52.7

Plains Indian people frequently made lightweight rawhide containers to hold a variety of objects. Flat envelopes and cylinders were the most common shapes, although the Lakota frequently made boxes. As part of their household duties, women laboriously made and decorated these containers from buffalo hide or cowhide that had been dried and scraped of their hair. Once the rawhide was processed, it was cut into a predetermined pattern and then folded and laced into shape. Painted geometric designs usually ornament the rawhide containers.

  • Collection History Provenance

    The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

  • Type of Item box
  • Culture Lakota
  • Material rawhide hide, paint, leather ty
  • Measurements height 14.0 in, width 14.0 in, depth 22.0 in (overall)
  • Creator Lakota artist
  • Creation Date during 1885
  • Categories Plains; Containers and Vessels

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