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Object Number
985-27-10/60181
Display Title
Southern Arapaho dance shield of medicine man. Painted rawhide & cloth, feathers
Descriptions
Object Description
Southern Arapaho dance shield catalogued as belonging to a medicine man. Round piece of rawhide attached to hoop of wood w/ thongs. Symbolic designs painted in yellow, green, blue and orange. Wide strip of red cloth attached around top edge. Feathers attached all along cloth. 122.3x40.6 cm.
Inventory Description
Round shield, wood frame with hide covering, painted, feather and fur deco
Classification
- Shield
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Hide, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 98.5 x 50 x 4.3 cm (38 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Provenance
Owner
Medicine Man
(? - ?)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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