Buckskin Cover To Shield
name: label: Collector
content: J. M. Morrison
label: Collector
content: Frank H. Cushing
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD WRITING ON ARTIFACT: "WITCHITA APACHES, TEXAS" SPECIMEN WAS ORIGINALLY MARKED: "COLLECTED BY J.MCG. MORRISON, DONATED BY F. H. CUSHING." A TAG ON IT, OF LATER ATTACHMENT, INDICATES THAT THIS SPECIMEN USED BY JAMES MOONEY IN HIS STUDY OF KIOWA HERALDRY. BUT THE ? NOTATION OF COMANCHE IS UNDOUBTEDLY NOT CORRECT. IN 1991 THIS ARTIFACT STORED WITH WICHITA COLLN. INVENTORIED 1974." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SHIELD COVER.---BUCKSKIN. DECORATIONS: LARGE GREEN AND RED SUN IN THE CENTER WITH RED AND BLUE RAYS; YELLOW MARGIN WITH GREEN INNER EDGE; BLUE SPOTS IRREGULARLY SCATTERED OVER INTERVENING SPACES. FOR A SHIELD 16 INS. IN DIAMETER. DIAMETER, 22 INCHES. WITCHITA APACHES. TEXAS, 1879. 34,823. BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY F. H. CUSHING AND J. MCG. MORRISON. INVENTORIED 1974."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Wichita Mts. (not certain), Texas (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache, Chiricahua (?)
label: Culture
content: Wichita (Kitikiti'sh) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E34823-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 56 cm