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Shield and cover
Object Number 15-34-10/86249
Display Title Shield and cover
Descriptions
Inventory Description Round shield, rawhide and suede, painted buffalo with buffalo tail/hair sewn on
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Crow
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 53 cm (21 1/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86249
Provenance
Owner White Arm
Collector Vern N. Thornburgh (?)
Donor Dr. Charles Peabody (1915)

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