The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 30, 2026
Comes from Digging Roots
2023
(Apsáalooke/Crow, b. 1981)
Image: 47.2 x 67.5 cm (18 9/16 x 26 9/16 in.); Sheet: 49.8 x 71.2 cm (19 5/8 x 28 1/16 in.)
© Wendy Red Star, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Location: 101A Prints & Drawings
Did You Know?
The Cleveland Museum of Art holds one such Parfleche in our collection: 1937.848Description
For her Bishkisché series, Red Star studies and then paints 226 rawhide cases, containers used to transport meat or grain, each isolated against colorful backgrounds. Traditionally fabricated and decorated by the women in her (Apsáalooke / Crow) tribe, they bear unique designs. Each one in the series is named after an Apsáalooke woman that the artist has collected from archival research, resuscitating her name from marginalized histories. This series is emblematic of Red Star’s ongoing research-based practice and conceptual project of honoring the rich legacy of both Apsáalooke women who contributed to her tribe’s aesthetic tradition.- 2023-2024The artist, Portland, OR2024(Robert Projects, Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)2024-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Wendy Red Star, Bíikkua (The Hide Scraper). Los Angeles: Projects Gallery, 2024. [exhibition brochure]
- still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-June 7, 2026).Wendy Red Star, Bíikkua (The Hide Scraper). Robert Projects, Los Angeles, CA (July 13-August 24, 2024)
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.170.3