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Object Number
09-8-10/75073
Display Title
Woven shield, formerly made of buffalo raw hide
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, woven rawhide, stretched leather, felt, feather, bead decoration, painte
Classification
- Armor
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Montana
Additional Geographic Terms
Havre, Vicinity of
Materials
Leather, Feather, Bead, Felt
Dimensions
Overall: 45.5 x 46.5 x 1 cm (17 15/16 x 18 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75073
Provenance
Collector
Rev. J. W. Millar
(1895-1909)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1909)
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