Buffalo Shield

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Buffalo Shield

Fred Harvey

Bureau Of American Ethnology

1-Feb-05

Unpainted rawhide disk with three buckskin covers, pierced hide pendant and knitted cloth strap at back. Innermost cover: painted green with red pipe bowl at top, yellow four-pointed star at bottom, white rectangle on each side containing bullet marks, row of blue dots along right side. Bird skin and cloth bundle attached at top. Middle cover: Red line around perimeter, red dots and lines on cover. Badly stained. Outer cover: Blue dot at center surrounded by green, yellow, red, and blue concentric circles, red band around perimeter, red vertical dashes in between. Feathers and horsehair pendant at center, two folded fringed hide pendants at top. For a model of this shield see 229918-229920. 18" (46 cm). See Photographs section, entry no. FP-66 for picture of Koyei carrying same or similar shield. Records: Buffalo shield. (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.)

11 Dec 2014

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Anthropology

Ethnology

Bureau Of American Ethnology

Fred Harvey

Indians of North America

Kiowa Indians

Native Americans

Smithsonian Institution

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Anthropology

Ethnology

Bureau Of American Ethnology

Fred Harvey

Indians of North America

Kiowa Indians

Native Americans