Buffalo Shield "Pa-Gyato"
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: From Card: "The most ancient shield in Kiowa tradition. Originated about 1770. Last remaining one purchased for National Museum in 1897. From among the owners of the buffalo shield were recruited the "buffalo doctors", or surgeons of the tribe, who alone had the secret medicine for treating bullet and arrow wounds. As each buffalo shield owner had the right to make additional shields, the number of variants was very large. Belonged to Pa-gyto - Buffalo Old Man." Model of shield E178356.
label: Notes
content: Buffalo shield model (Pa). Red spot on each side with bunch of hooves tied to centers, bunch of feathers tied at top, back painted red, braided yarn strap at back. Outside. Wooden tripod painted red. Copied from original in National Museum of Natural History, catalog number 178356. Records: The most ancient shield in the Kiowa tradition. Originated about 1770. Last remaining one purchased for National Museum in 1897. From among the owners of the buffalo shield were recruited the "buffalo doctors," or surgeons of the tribe who alone had the secret medicine for treating bullet and arrow wounds. As each buffalo shield owner had the right to make additional shields the number of variants was very large. (C). Associated names: Pagyato; Manpe; Setkonkya. (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: 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: E229801-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model / Tripod Model