Bull Elk Shield with Feathers Binnaaché
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Buffalo hide shield with feathers attached and painted with elk decoration, and cover, that belonged to Bull Elk (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, paint, feather/feathers
Techniques: Stretched, painted, tied
Dimensions: Unspecified
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #147472
External Links:
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Formerly owned by Bull Elk (Apsáalooke); possibly collected from him by Jirah Isham Allen (Colonel Ike Allen, 1839-1929, a Montana prospector, pioneer, and storekeeper) between 1862 and about 1920; purchased by MAI from Jirah Isham Allen in 1926. The NMAI label attached to the item states: Buffalo hide shield with feathers attached and painted decoration and cover from Bull Elk, Crow Montana 147472
Citation:
Bull Elk Shield with feathers. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #147472). 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, Bull Elk (Apsáalooke)
Keywords:
Allen
Bull Elk
Paint
Jirah Isham (1839-1929)
Crow Indians
Shield
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Elk
Video
Binnaaché
Feathers
material-culture