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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