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Shield
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 William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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