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Object Number
985-27-10/60151
Display Title
Shield
Descriptions
Object Description
Plains shield, possibly Sioux. Probably a medicine shield. Rawhide base w/ painted buckskin cover. Design on cover of a black bison w/ red lightning(?) coming out of his head, a blue moon, 2 stars, a spotted cat & a blue and black thunderbird. Hawk feathers attached. 56.8x57 cm.
Inventory Description
Round shield, leather on rawhide, painted animals, celestrial design, feathers
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Buckskin, Hawk feather, Rawhide, pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 58 x 2.4 cm (22 7/16 x 22 13/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Jacob Paxson Temple
(1900-1920 - ?)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930 - 1985)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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