"Pa-Do-Ga-I" Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1904
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Yellow with green disk at center outlined in black surrounded by green dots. Feathers at right, strands of beads, hoof pendants, and feather at left, horsehair pendant wrapped in red wool down center. Knitted yarn strap and horsehair pendant at back. 16.75" (43 cm). Records: This full size model was made by Padalti (Fur Man), grandson of Dohasan, the son of Padogai. The original was made and given to him by Dohasan. It is a variant of serial numbers 229853-229855. The green spots typify bullets. The pendant fawn hoofs and bead strings typify, respectively, antelope fawns and snakes placed as food for the eagle, represented by the eagle feathers. (C). Associated names: Padalti; Padogai; Dohasan. (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 042431
label: USNM Number
content: E229892-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model