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Plains shield
Object Number 13-9-10/85295
Display Title Plains shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, round, hide, painted design, with 2 feathers, ties in back
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Crow
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Hide
Dimensions Overall: 60.5 x 57.1 x 3.1 cm (23 13/16 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85295
Credit Line Gift of Lewis H. Farlow, 1913
Provenance
Owner Chief Sitting Bull
Collector Gen. Adams
Dealer Sam B. Dickens (1913)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1913)

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