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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
- Assiniboin?
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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