Dance shield and cover

Date created
circa 1900
Culture/People
Kiowa
Seller agent
Jake Tingley (Jacob Chauncy Tingley/J.C. Tingley), Non-Indian, 1880-1965
Seller
Oklahoma Indian Store
MAI agent
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1910 from the Oklahoma Indian Store (Anadarko, Oklahoma), operated by Jake Tingley (1880-1965), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place
Oklahoma; USA
See related items
Kiowa
Personal items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/8376
Barcode
028376.000
Object Type
Personal items
Object Name
Dance shield and cover
Media/Materials
Rawhide, deerhide/deerskin, sparrow hawk feather/feathers, crow feather/feathers, animal tail, wool cloth, horsehair, pigment/pigments, sweetgrass
Techniques
Stitched, tied, painted
Dimensions
87.7 x 62.5 x 11.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws622ff5780-e8b7-4ad3-acaa-3d10a4b9af2f
Record ID
NMAI_29977