Shield
97-84-1659
From: United States of America | Wyoming | Near Wind River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-84-1659 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Arapaho |
Provenience | United States of America | Wyoming | Near Wind River |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Hide | Pigment | Quill |
Description | Dance shield. Rawhide disc painted with concentric red and blue circles with large central cross with small cross in each quadrant (stars). Encircling band and tassels of buffalo hide, quilled red and white. |
Outside Diameter | 27.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-84-1659 - Old Museum Number | 17588 correct - ANSP Number | 17568 incorrect - ANSP Number | I 1218 - Gottschall Number |
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