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Parfleche Soles<br />

During <strong>the</strong> reservation period, old parfleche (rawhide) bags were recycled to make hard soles<br />

for moccasins. The sedentary life of <strong>the</strong> reservation did not require <strong>the</strong> travel bags that<br />

nomadic life did.<br />

Parfleche Bag<br />

Fla<strong>the</strong>ad Tribe<br />

1921.1.186<br />

Moccasin with Parfleche Sole<br />

Arapaho Tribe<br />

1969.166.2

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