Shield cover (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1860
name: label: Culture/People
content: A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
label: Collector
content: Stephen Chapman Simms, Non-Indian, 1863-1937
label: Seller
content: Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Previous owner
content: Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Previous owner
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1901 or 1902 by Stephen Chapman Simms (1836-1937, curator and later director of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois); purchased by Paul J. Warner (1881-1950, an amateur ethnologist employed at the Field Museum) from the Field Museum in 1948; purchased by MAI from Paul Warner in 1949.
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: North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
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: 21/3359
label: Barcode
content: 213359.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shield cover (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, wool cloth, hide thong/babiche, birdskin/birdskins, hawk feather/feathers, feather/feathers, twine/string, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Stretched, tied, wrapped, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 54 x 52 x 6.5 cm