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Shield and cover (Image withheld)

Object Details

Collection History
Formerly owned by Hump (Apsáalooke); transferred by him to Two Face (Apsáalooke); subsequently transferred to Crazy Head (Apsáalooke) and then to his son of the same name; acquired by Knows His Coups (Apsáalooke, a son of Crazy Head) after 1907; collected from Knows His Coups in 1923 by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Artist/Maker
Hump, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Previous owner
Hump, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Two Face, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Chief Crazy Head, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), b. ca. 1837
Crazy Head, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Knows his Coups (He Knows his Coups), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Collector
William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955
Object Name
Shield and cover (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Buffalo hide/skin, deerhide/deerskin
Techniques
Stitched
Dimensions
58 x 56 x 13 cm
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
Indigenous Term
binnaaché
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