Deer Shield with Cover Binnaaché
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Buffalo hide shield, with cover, decorated with two ears and the tail of a deer. Video of Crow elder Tilton Old Bull and Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo providing brief comments, NMAI, 2005.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
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Date of Creation:
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Buffalo hide/skin, deer tail, deerhide/deerskin
Techniques: Stitched
Dimensions: 56 x 7 cm
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #141576
External Links:
https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_152202?q=141576.000&record=1&hlterm=141576.000
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois); acquired by MAI in 1925 through an exchange with the Field Museum. Obtained through W. Wildeshut.The NMAI label attached to object states: Buffalo hide shield and cover decorated with two ears and tail of a deer. Crow Montana 141576
Citation:
Deer Shield with Cover. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #141576). 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)
Deer skin
Sewn
Wildschut
Deer
Deer tail
Shield
Willem (1883-1955)
Deer bone
Field Museum of Natural History
Stitched
material-culture
Deer ears
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