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Shield

Shield Cover

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Object Number:NA7604
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Apache
Provenience: North America
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Hide
Pigment

Description

Circular hide shield and shield cover with a painted design on the front. The design is split into eight triangular segments with a yellow circle at the center of the shield. Triangular segments are painted in opposing pairs of red, dark blue, light blue, and yellow. Within each segment are different geometric or animal designs including birds, diamonds, stars, and circles. Two small, triangular flaps of hide are attached to one of the dark blue segments toward the edge of the shield. The shield cover wraps around to the back and is secured by a drawstring made from a hide strap.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1926. "A Buffalo Robe Biography". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 17. no. 1. pg. 5-35 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: fig. 10View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1926. "Some Shields of the Plains and Southwest". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 17. no. 1. pg. 36-61 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 51, fig. 10View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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