Dance Shield
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. James M. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE BASE OF THIS SHIELD IS A PLAIN PIECE OF STIFF HIDE WITH THE HAIR LEFT ON THE BACK, AND THE OBSERVED DECORATION IS ON A THIN PIECE OF ONCE WHITE CLOTH. IT CONSISTS OF A HORNED COWS [sic] HEAD IN THE CENTER WITH A PINK ZIG ZAG STREAK EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM THE JAW; YELLOW, PINK AND BROWN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HEAD, FROM THE RIGHT ONE OF WHICH HANGS A TASSEL OF TWO EAGLE FEATHERS AND THREE SMALL BELLS. UPPER THIRD IS PAINTED A DIRTY BROWN AND THE LOWER THIRD IS YELLOW. A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE OLDER ALL HIDE ONES." ACCESSION RECORD: (FROM) "CAPTIVE SIOUX."
label: Notes
content: This is a light weight dance shield with a muslin cover, not a war shield as originally cataloged. The central figure probably represents a buffalo rather than a cow as the card says.
label: Notes
content: Attributed as probably by Siyosapa (Black Chicken) by David Penney, 2020. See EL81 for another item in this accession attributed to Siyosapa.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Dec 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Hunkpapa Lakota
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Yanktonai (Ihanktonwana) Dakota, Upper
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028804
label: USNM Number
content: EL66-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Shield
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 47 cm