Shield

NA10719A

From: Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA10719A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Crow (Culture)
Provenience Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buffalo Hide | Deerskin | Sinew | Pigment
Description

Buffalo hide shield (A), white buckskin cover (B). Field of shield divided into three horizontal sections with vertical black lines in the upper & lower sections, and zig-zag green lines in center; whole crossed diagonally by red zig-zag lightning.

Height 57.8 cm
Width 56.5 cm
Depth 5 cm
Thickness 0 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Ernest E. Murray, 1924

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