Shield - Of Buffalo Hide.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS "SHIELD. THICK, ROUND PIECE OF BUFFALO HIDE. DECORATIONS: TWO TALL GREEN CONES SUPPORTING SMALL RED SEGMENT; AROUND THE EDGE A STRIP OF RED CLOTH FROM WHICH HAND A NUMBER OF FEATHERS, MANY ARTIFICIALLY SERRATED, AND A JINGLE MADE OF BITS OF IRON. SIOUX INDIANS. 24 IN. DIAM. UPPER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY, 1867."
label: Notes
content: Entered in the orginal ledger catalog as from the War Department with the location given as Upper Missouri Valley. An old exhibit label identifies it as Sioux Indian, but there is nothing in the records to support this. Diam: 24" Design painted directly on thick rawhide base. which is pierced with many holes for attachments that are no longer present in addition to the usual set of four holes on each side for attachment of handles.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2480-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 61 cm