parfleche

Examples

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• Bring me the parfleche with the red beads.

  Fiction book (2000)

• At his own tipi, White Horse angrily flung some things together and stuffed them into his parfleche.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Maybe we can get enough hide to make a new parfleche, too," she said.

  Fiction book (1990)

• She ran over to her parfleche and took out her own knife that she had kept with her when she was first left at the fort.

  Fiction book (1992)

• My brother and I shook hands with our cousins and packed the gifts in parfleche containers strapped to our ponies.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Gaily painted p91 parfleches lined the perimeter and gave a person something to lean against.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Scanty possessions were rolled and stuffed into parfleches, which were in turn lashed to travois and hooked to the suddenly anxious dogs.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I knew what he'd found: my half-dozen parfleches of tanned painted horsehide; inside, all the boxes and jars and bottles and packets.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The artist beautifully decorated her parfleche with intricate beadwork.

• During the ceremony, the elder displayed an ornate parfleche filled with traditional gifts.

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Etymology