Spotted Arm's Shield with Two Covers Binnaaché
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Shield with painted red elk and green elk with feather attached; includes two covers, one with two feathers attached. Shield is inscribed: Spotted Arm Crow Pryor, Mont. Video of Crow elder Tilton Old Bull and Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo describing the shield in the Crow language, NMAI, 2005.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
ca. 1875
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Hide, eagle feather/feathers, paint
Techniques: Painted, tied
Dimensions: 50.5 x 52 x 2.5 cm
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #024426
External Links:
Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John E. Linde (Johannes Ernst Linde, 1855-1909), an art collector and owner of a paper company in Hoboken, New Jersey; purchased by George Heye from Mr. Linde's widow, Kate S. Linde (Catherine Taddiken Linde, 1864-1937) in 1909. The NMAI label attached to object states: Shield with two covers. Crow 024426. Written on the shield is: Spotted Arm Crow Pryor, Mont
Citation:
Spotted Arm's Shield with Red and Green Elk, Feathers, and Two Covers. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #024426). 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:
1870s
Crow language
Heye
Johannes E. (1855-1909)
Pryor
Video
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Eagle feathers
George (1874-1957)
Linde
Montana
material-culture
Binnaaché
Elk
Hide
Kate S.
Shield
Crow Indians
Feathers
Linde
Paint
Spotted Arm (Apsáalooke)