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6 months ago Treeseed said:

a raw hide soaked in lye to remove the hair and dried

an article (as a bag or case) made of parfleche

The parfleche was used by the Plains Indians as a container for storage and transportation. The word is French in origin (pare une fleche) meaning "deflects arrows" referring to the hard semi-tanned hide used to make the containers as well as shields. They were used to carry dried meat and pemmican and also clothing, tools, valuables and other materials.

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