Ceremonial Shield
| Object Number: | 53-1-24 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sioux |
| Provenience: | United States of America South Dakota |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Deer Hide Pigment Feather Iron |
| Height: | 0 cm |
| Length: | 54.3 cm |
| Width: | 56.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 56 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1953 |
Description
Round. Made of hide with hair left on over most of surface (deer hide). Painting around perimeter of hair - 3 figures at top, scallops & lines at sides. 5 feather attached on each side - 2 missing, quills wrapped with green cloth. Single feather attached to netted hoop in upper right of hair; leather thongs attached to netted hoops in lower corners of hair. Mounted on iron ring.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 19 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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