Culture/People:

Pueblo  Search this

Previous owner:

Dunois E. Smith (Dunois Eugene Smith/D. E. Smith), Non-Indian, 1867-1933  Search this

Object Name:

Shield

Media/Materials:

Buffalo hide/skin, sand, rawhide, paint

Techniques:

Stitched, painted

Dimensions:

59 x 55 x 13 cm

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Place:

Arizona or New Mexico; USA (inferred)

Date created:

circa 1850

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dunois Eugene Smith (1867-1933), manager of the Fred Harvey Company Hopi House at the Grand Canyon; acquired by George Heye/MAI circa 1916.

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Catalog Number:

5/120

Barcode:

050120.000

See related items:

Pueblo

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69b36b6fc-5f5d-478c-b395-6afe9f4cbfb6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_54138