Geometric & Par Fleche Art

Par Fleche is a French Canadian word meaning to deflect an arrow. The term par fleche refers to the painted rawhide containers that were made to by Plains Indian to carry personal items, sacred items or meat. Most of the containers were made of buffalo raw hide by the women. The par fleche containers were of different sizes and shapes such as cylindrical square and rectangular. These containers were also painted with earth paints using mostly geometric design.

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