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Circular miniature shield made of buckskin with painted design / Unidentified

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Shield

Curatorial Remarks

The design indicates that a particular man owned the shield. The design elements have supernatural meaning to the owner of the shield. This shield may have been created for commercial sale because it is miniature. A shield would hang outside of a tipi to indicate who lived there.

Tags: shield
People: possibly Kiowa or Apache
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use, possibly commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Circular miniature shield made of buckskin with painted design
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, paint
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Arms and Armor
Tools and Equipment
Object Type: 
Miniature Shield
Accession No: 
84.1020
Previous Number(s): 
8426.1020
Department: 
Anthropology
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