Reproduction Of War 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: From card: "Refer to 154,349 for the original of this spec. [, this copy of] which was apparently made at the instigation of James Mooney, when he was conducting his studies in Kiowa Heraldry in 1904. It has originally been a Crow shield which the Kiowa had captured from them, before they had been removed to the South. The Mooney No. 229,910 which was applied to it does not apply because that number is for a set of tent and shield model poles. This reproduction has a sheet metal base, with a piece of stiff skin on the back and the front made of the proper kind of light-colored skin, probably not deer but cow, though very soft and well prepared. Original observations on this were made by Joseph Weckler, 8/1/41 and amended by R. Elder 5/23/56. Douglas and D'Harnancourt in "Indian Art in the United States, 1941 published an illustration of this specimen, p. 149, with the incorrect No. of 229889 which is that of a model (small size) made for Mooney's studies. 3/16/66 Dr. Donald Collier, Chicago M. Nat. History says that the specimen they have from us [Field Museum Cat. No. is 62,578] is not exactly the same as this copy which Mooney had made." See remarks for E154349-0 for additional information. Design on shield, painted in red and black, represents a black bear facing a row of bullet marks; red stripes on upper right, black stripes on lower right. The bear is represented with only two legs, drawn up under him in a running position, and moving to the left. Five separate bear paw marks are shown in a line to the right behind him.
label: Notes
content: Shield model. Black bear at center with five tracks behind it, facing row of bullet marks, red stripes on upper right, black stripes on lower right. See 229889-229890 for other models of this shield. 20" (51 cm). Records: Originally a Crow shield, captured by the Kiowas before they were removed to the south. Illustrated in Douglas and Harnoncourt 1941: 149. (C). (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: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E154349A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model