Shield cover
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1875
name: label: Culture/People
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet); used by the Apsáalooke (Crow) and the Salish (Flathead)
label: Collector
content: William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955
label: Previous owner
content: Young Bosom, Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Young Bosom (Blackfeet) and given to an Apsáalooke (Crow) man who gave it to a Salish (Flathead) man; collected in 1926 on the Jocko Reservation, Montana, by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana or Alberta; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: See related items
content: Salish (Flathead)
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: 14/5956
label: Barcode
content: 145956.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shield cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Buffalo hide/skin, hide thong/babiche, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Perforated, laced
label: Dimensions
content: 54 x 50 x 11 cm