Shield model

Museum number:
2-5472
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005472
Alternate number:
3463 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Model of shield used in dances. Painted blue on one side, buffalo head on other; feathers attached to perimeter. Made of raw buffalo hide.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 27, 1901
Taxon:
Bison bison
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
A decoration for a horse (?). "dance shield carried in hand - is same as old war shields" (from P.M. Jones notebooks).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 35 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #81: Bureau of Indian Affairs (March 23, 1965–June 10, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield model, accession number 2-5472, described as Model of shield used in dances. Painted blue on one side, buffalo head on other; feathers attached to perimeter. Made of raw buffalo hide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield model, accession number 2-5472, described as Model of shield used in dances. Painted blue on one side, buffalo head on other; feathers attached to perimeter. Made of raw buffalo hide.

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