Shield and covers

Museum number:
2-4867a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024867a@2dd
Alternate number:
52 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
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]
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Comanche
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1876-1897
Taxon:
Accipitridae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Context of use:
Warfare.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b— diameter 45 centimeters, d— diameter 45 centimeters, a— diameter 45 centimeters, and c— diameter 45 centimeters
Comment:
[cont''d from Object Description] ...black-outlined green center with eagle feather attached; d) outer shield cover: buckskin stained yellow; central light blue circle, with 25 surrounding dark blue dots; black horse wrapped with red strouding attached at top; 11 small hawk and red feathers at left, 7 deer hooves and eagle feather at right center. Photo: 15-2565, 2567. Published: Ill. in Seven Arrows, Hyemeyohsts Storm. Harper & Row, N.Y. 1972, page 98. Conservation: Sprayed with DDT in alcohol. References: See Acc. envelope #14 for description of condition. See tipi model #2-4912A for nearly identical small shield attachment.
Loans:
S1955-1956 #2: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Michael J. Harner (October 19, 1955–October 19, 1955) and S1979-1980 #63: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (April 22, 1980–August 29, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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]Documentation associated with 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]Documentation associated with 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]

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