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Object Number
13-9-10/85328
Display Title
Round buffalo hide shield.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ho_ith
Object Description
Round buffalo hide shield. Blood around edge and circle designs in center. Likely post-dates the introduction of the horse to the Comanche.
Inventory Description
Round shield, double leather, concentric circular stich pattern, leather ties
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Apache?
- Comanche
- Comanche?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Materials
Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 53 x 0.9 cm (20 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85328
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
Intermediary
Sam B. Dickens
Owner
Geronimo
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1913)
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