Owl 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: Owl shield model (Sapodal). Covered with yellow streaks, black dot at center with bunch of feathers, two fringed hide tabs at top, two horsehair pendants and braided yarn strap at back. Outside. Records: Manande (Screaming on High) was a noted prophet and medicine man who claimed to get inspiration from the owls and to understand their language. He died in prison in Florida in 1875. (C). Associated names: Mamande; Tsonkiada. (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: 11 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma, 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: E229846-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model