War Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Dec 1893
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Heinrich R. Voth
label: Donor Name
content: World's Columbian Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "RAWHIDE CIRCULAR SHIELD COVERED W/ BUCKSKIN ON FRONT. COVERING HELD IN PLACE W/ BUCKSKIN TIE THREADED THROUGH COVERING EDGE ON THE BACKSIDE. BACK OF SHIELD FITTED W/ 2 BUCKSKIN STRAPS. COVER DECORATED W/ BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN & RED PIGMENTS. 7 BUCKSKIN THONGS ATTACHED TO OUTSIDE RIM. 2 HOLES IN TOP (FOR HANGING ?) 2 BUNDLES OF ATTACHMENT ON EACH SIDE OF SHIELD. EACH ATTACHMENT INCLUDES 1 LARGE EAGLE FEATHER, RED FELT QUILL COVER, NUMEROUS SMALL FEATHERS, & DEW CLAWS DANGLES, ALL ATTACHED W/ BUCKSKIN THONGS." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "WAR SHIELD. - Made of rawhide, painted black. Figures of the sun and moon. Two large feather pendants and numerous small ones attached. Used by "Cut Arm" in several encounters with the whites. Diameter, 17 inches. ARAPAHO INDIANS (Algonquian Stock), 1893. Collected by H. R. VOTH."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Cheyenne And Arapaho Reservation, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arapaho (Inunaina, Hinono'ei)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026674
label: USNM Number
content: E165797-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 44 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm