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Object Number 49-44-10/32688
Display Title Shield encircled by a row of eagle feathers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rawhide shield, eagle feathers around edge.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arapaho?
  • Shoshone?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wyoming
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 38 cm (26 x 14 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32688
Provenance
Collector Henry Seton (01/01/1930-01/01/1936)
Donor Henry Seton (11/15/1950)

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