Object class: Protective wear / Collection place: North America / Culture or time period: Northern Plains tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Shield and cover, accession number 2-4866a,b, described as (a) Shield. Buckskin overlay on bison rawhide divided into green half and yellow half, each with colored +'s; crane's head, white feathers attached; red wool broadcloth trim on one half. (b) Cover. Buckskin with yellow "sun" in center surrounded by 1 green and 2 yellow circles; half of perimeter is red, half is yellow; 2 tassels with alternating bands of black and white beads on one side where yellow and red meet. Poor condition.

Hearst Museum object titled Shield and covers, accession number 2-4867a-d, described as a) Shield: bison rawhide; 2-ply twisted cotton cloth handle on back. b) Shield cover: buckskin; aqua bison head with black outlined green horns, each with 4 red dots axially placed; black-encircled blue center with bison wool and eagle feather attached; aqua finger marks on field; 4 lines of 4 black dots each at horn bases. c) Shield cover: buckskin; abstract green bison head (?), with crescent horns (?) on border, left green, right red; black slashes on field;... [cont'd in Comments]