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Object Number
45-25-10/28447
Display Title
Buckskin shield
Descriptions
Object Description
Buckskin shield with symbol of the sun, with corn husk attached to willow.
Inventory Description
Ornament?, sun face disk, pigmented hide, wood frame, husk and feather deco
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
Hopi Reservation
/
Second Mesa
/
Supawlavi
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 29.2 x 3 cm (11 7/16 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28447/ POISON/ [crossed out] 3522
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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