Buffalo Hide Shield and Cover Binnaaché
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Buffalo hide shield and cover decorated with feathers and green painted design to represent a turtle. Video of Crow elder Tilton Old Bull speaking about tobacco seeds in English language, NMAI, 2005. Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo is also present in the video.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Buffalo hide/skin
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: Unspecified
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #207719
External Links:
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Borein (1873-1945, a Western artist and collector); purchased by MAI from his widow Lucille E. Borein (1882-1967) in 1945. The NMAI label attached to object states: Buffalo hide shield and cover decorated with feathers and green painted design to represent a turtle Crow #207719
Citation:
Buffalo Hide Shield and Cover. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #207719.000). Video of Tilton Old Bull with Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo filmed by Susie Kelly at NMAI, 2005. Crow Indian Virtual Archive and Museum
Creators:
Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo Susie Kelly, Tilton Old Bull Senior
Keywords:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Lucille E. (1882–1967)
shield
Binnaaché
Crow Indians
video
Borein
hide
material culture
Edward (1873–1945)
paint