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Crow shield
Object Number 99-12-10/52980
Display Title Crow shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, circular, hide, blue and red pigmented hourglass design, leather straps
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Date mid 19th Century
Culture
  • Crow
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Hide, Leather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 66 x 0.6 cm (26 x 26 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52980
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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