Buffalo Hide Shield with Deerskin Covers Binnaaché
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Buffalo-hide shield with deerskin covers. The inside cover shows a black and green decoration representing a bird, and is ornamented with feathers. Video of Crow elder Tilton Old Bull and Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo describing the shield in Crow and English languages, NMAI, 2005.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Buffalo hide/skin, feather/feathers, paint
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: Unspecified
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #155342
External Links:
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collected in 1927 by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI. The NMAI label attached to the item states: Buffalo-hide shield with two deerskin covers, the inside one having black and green decoration representing a bird, and ornamented with feathers Crow Montana
Citation:
Buffalo Hide Shield with Deerskin Covers. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #155342). 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)
Video
Binnaaché
Wildschut
Feathers
Willem (1883-1955)
Shield
material-culture