Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Jun 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1873
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George M. Wheeler
label: Collector
content: Lt. Francis Klett
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. George M. Wheeler
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "COLLECTOR: LIEUT. G.M. WHEELER*. REMARKS: *COLLECTED BY MR. FRANCIS KLETT, 1873. "WAR SHIELD OF HOSTA, AN OLD CHIEF OF THE JEMEZ." SEE: U.S. GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS WEST OF THE 100TH MERIDIAN, WHEELER SURVEY REPORT, VOL. 7 (ARCHAEOLOGY); "NOTES ON THE IMPLEMENTS OF STONE, POTTERY AND OTHER OBJECTS OBTAINED IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA", F.W. PUTNAM, PG. 374-390. THICK, ROUND PIECE OF BUFFALO HIDE, PAINTED IN WIDE BANDS OF RED, YELLOW, AND BLACK. "ON BLACK BAND ARE TWO STARS WITH RED CENTRES AND FOUR RAYS OF YELLOWISH-GREEN. AROUND UPPER BORDER AND HANGING DOWN SIDES IS PIECE OF RED FLANNEL WITH ATTACHED FEATHERS. A COVER OF SOFT BUCKSKIN PROTECTS THE SHIELD WHEN NOT IN USE. ON THE INNER SIDE ARE TWO LONG BANDS BY WHICH THE SHIELD WAS FASTENED TO THE ARM OR SUSPENDED FROM THE SHOULDERS." ... HOS-TA (THE LIGHTNING), GOVERNOR OF THE PUEBLO OF JEMEZ. .... ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 9, SOUTHWEST, FIG.5, PG. 425."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Jemez
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 75A00035
label: USNM Number
content: E17352-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield