Red 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: Red shield model (Kinaguadal). Orange with dark red line around perimeter, rounded white section at top with blue crescent surrounded by dots, feathers on right and left, hooves and feathers near center, two furred hide strips and braided yarn strap at back. Outside. Records: This shield was a direct inspiration from the Taime spirit (see 229825), which appeared to the author while lying wounded and helpless after a battle with the Mexicans in 1839. See also 229833. (C). Associated names: Konabiate; Tebodal; Zepkoeetti. (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: 4 Mar 2021
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: E229836-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model