Shield and cover (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Numakiki (Mandan)
label: Possible owner
content: Karl May Museum
label: Possible owner
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Seller
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired at an unknown date by Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis, 1876-1959), an artist, collector, and historian who worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and contributed his collection to help found the Karl May Museum (Radebeul, Germany), where he served as curator until his death; purchased by MAI from Patty Frank in 1949.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: North Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Numakiki (Mandan)
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: 21/4017
label: Barcode
content: 214017.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shield and cover (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Buffalo hide/skin, paint
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 5 x 49 cm