Shield and cover

Museum number:
2-4866a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024866a@2cb
Alternate number:
51 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
(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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Maker or artist:
Black Horse
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott and Tsa'l-aute
Collection date:
1894
Materials:
Buckskin, Feathers (white), Glass (material), Pigment, Rawhide (bison), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Production date:
ca. 1792
Context of use:
Satanta (properly Set-t'in'te, White Bear") was the most famous owner of this shield. Said to have been made in 1792, the shield was given by Satanta to his son, Tsa'l-au-te (cry-of-the-wild-goose), probably in 1872 or 1874. In his 1894 will, Tsa'l-au'te bequated the shield to Captain Hugh Lenox Scott.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b— diameter 54 centimeters and a— diameter 52 centimeters
Comment:
See A Calendar History of the Kiowa Indians (Mooney, 1898), "Notes on the Kado, or Sun Dance of the Kiowa" (Scott, 1911), and Tayboldt''s [sic.] account of the shield in the accession folder." Photo: 15-777, 15-857. Published: 17th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 208-210, and Pl. LXIII. Mooney, James, A Calendar History of the Kiowa Indians. References: (Exhibited UCLMA, "Plains Indians," 1971. Behring Hoffman/UC Museum, 1991.)
Loans:
S1962-1963 #39: Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum (February 7, 1963–May 6, 1963), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S2000-2001 #1: Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum (July 17, 2000–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 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 2 of 3 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 3 of 3 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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