Shield & Cover
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Collector
content: Gen Henry W. Lawton
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "This shield is said to have been used by Crazy Horse. The cover carries painted decoration of men, animals, and birds done in blue, red, and yellow. There are also certain geometric decorations probably symbolic (?). Written on the back of the shield in ink is this phrase: 'Shield used by Crazy Horse. Captured by Genl. (?) Lawton (?).' Additional info. in Lab Acc. file. Loaned to the Art Galleries, Univ. of Calif. 3-21-1974; returned May 22, 1974. Loaned to the American Freedom Train Foundation 3/18/1975. Returned from Freedom Train Found. Jan. 18, 1977. Loaned to the Air and Space Museum 3/1/1983. Loan returned Mar 31, 1989."
label: Notes
content: The ink notation on the back of the shield is the only information in Anthropology records linking the shield to Crazy Horse. The source of this information is unknown. In November 1987, John C. Ewers, Curator Emeritus for North American Ethnology, was consulted about this shield and he stated that he did not know of any other documentation for the shield and hence would consider the attribution to Crazy Horse questionable. It may be speculated that the "Genl. Lawton" referred to may be Henry Ware Lawton. See also moccasins E358917 which are also marked as from Crazy Horse and General Lawton.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Oglala Lakota (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E359063-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield