Shield (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Pueblo
label: Previous owner
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Seller
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Previous seller
content: Hyde Exploring Expedition (1893-1894)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1870; acquired by the Hyde Exploring Expedition (a trading company operating stores in New Mexico and New York City) at an unknown date; acquired from the Hyde Exploring Expedition by Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
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: Rio Grande Valley; New Mexico; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Pueblo
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: 8540
label: Barcode
content: 008540.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shield (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Buffalo hide/skin, feather/feathers
label: Techniques
content: Wrapped, tied