Shield and cover
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1870
name: label: Culture/People
content: Ute
label: Collector
content: Major John Wesley Powell (J.W. Powell), Non-Indian, 1834-1902
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
label: Previous owner
content: P. T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum), Non-Indian, 1810-1891
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1871 during an exploration and survey of the Colorado River by Major John Wesley W. Powell (1834-1902, later head of the US Geological Survey and the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology); acquired by the US National Museum (later the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) in 1871; removed from the US National Museum collection and sent to P. T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum, 1810-1891) in 1873; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in Hamburg, Germany, in 1929 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Colorado; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Ute
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/6137
label: Barcode
content: 166137.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shield and cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Buffalo hide/skin, deerhide/deerskin, eagle feather/feathers, wool cloth, hide thong/babiche, horsehair, clay wash/paint, sinew, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, laced, painted, wrapped, dyed, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 50.00 x 5.00 cm