FROM CARD: "BUFFALO HIDE FROM NECK OF ANIMAL. FROM NASHVILLE EXPOSITION (INFORMATION FROM EXHIBIT CARD). RED CIRCLE IN CENTER OF SHIELD; RED SPOTS ON REMAINDER OF SURFACE. POSSIBILITY FOR LOAN? INVENTORIED 1978. 168429 LOANED TO OGLALA TRIBE 6/21/79. RETURNED 10/5/81."
Illus. Fig. 16, p. 117 in Christopher T. Green, "A Stage Set for Assimilation: The Model Indian School at the World's Columbian Exposition," Winterthur Portfolio 51, no. 2/3 (Summer/Autumn 2017): 95-133. https://doi.org/10.1086/694225 .
This shield was received without tribal identification from the collection of James Haworth, which includes materials from throughout the Plains region. At some point the identification Sioux was added to the record without comment. The object consists of a rawhide disk with red paint and thongs for the attachment of a strap; no additional covers were received with it.
