Buffalo Hide Shield with Red Painted Covers Bínnaache
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Buffalo Hide Shield with Red Painted Covers. All the covers have a red painted decoration, and the outside one is also decorated with bunches of feathers and an otter skin. Formally owned by Pretty-On-Top (Apsáalooke). Video of Crow elder Tilton Old Bull describing the shield in Crow and English languages, 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, otter skin/fur, feather/feathers
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 57 x 6 cm
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat.#143601
External Links:
https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_154299?q=143601.000&record=1&hlterm=143601.000
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collected from Pretty-On-Top (Apsáalooke) in 1925 by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI. The NMAI label attached to the item states: Buffalo hide shield, with four covers all of which have red painted decoration, and the outside one also decorated with bunches of feathers and an otter skin Crow Montana 143601
Citation:
Buffalo Hide Shield with Red Painted Covers. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #143601). 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)
Pretty-On-Top (Apsáalooke)
Willem (1883-1955)
Binnaaché
Shield
material-culture
Feathers
Video
Paint
Wildschut