Black 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: Black shield model (Kinakonkya). Black with large white disk at center, white crescent above, piece of feathered bird skin at top, braided yarn strap at back. Outside. Records: This shield (and 229831) is noted among the Kiowas for its tragic history. It was made at the Sun Dance of 1868 by the nephew of the Taime keeper (Ansogiani) and was dedicated to the sacred image. The maker [with the owner of 229831], started out immediately afterwards with a great war party against the Utes, taking with them the sacred Taime to ensure victory. They met the Utes and were defeated. The two men, their shields, and the Taime were captured. (C). Associated names: Setdayaiti; Tankonkya. (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: 11 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E229829-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model