Buffalo Tail Shield
date: label: Date created
content: 1978
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kiowa
label: Artist/Maker
content: N. Scott Momaday (Navarre Scott Momaday/Tsoai-talee [Rock Tree Boy]), Kiowa, 1934-2024
label: Previous owner
content: John Lavine, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Meryl Lipton Lavine (Meryl Lipton Lavine), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: John Lavine, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Meryl Lipton Lavine (Meryl Lipton Lavine), Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of John Lavine and Meryl Lipton Lavine; donated to NMAI by Mr. and Mrs. Lavine in 2016.
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place: label: Place
content: California; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Kiowa
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 27/20
label: Barcode
content: 270020.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Buffalo Tail Shield
label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Media/Materials
content: Paperboard, acrylic paint
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 101.7 x 81.0 cm