Shield
Date:
1860-1868
Medium:
Buffalo rawhide, tanned buckskin, bells, feathers,corn husks, natural pigment.
Dimensions:
19 1/2 inches (49.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Detroit Scientific Association
Object number:
76.144
A thunderbird, smaller birds, cresent shapes and a cluster of seven circles are painted on the shield in red and blue. There is a blue border. The original color of the now-faded background was black.
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