Opopite Shield, With Tripods, Leaners, Covers
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Dec 1904
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Shield models and equipment. 1. Two tripods and single pole: Unpainted, wooden sticks, one single pole with two hide tabs at top. 10" to 23.75" (27-60 cm) 2. Shield models: Five identical models painted reddish brown with blue dot at center outlined in black, similarly painted upturned crescents at each side with red figures above, black crescent at top, dark red line around perimeter. Tuft of buffalo wool tied at top, bunches at right and left. 4" (10 cm). Records: To be set up in front of Medicine Lodge. (C). Associated names: Akopti. (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: 6 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
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: 043633
label: USNM Number
content: E233105-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield Model / Tripod Model