Shield
CultureIntermontane, probably Ute, Colorado
Dateca. 1850
MediumBuffalo rawhide, native tanned leather, native pigment, wool cloth, and eagle feather
DimensionsOverall: 20 inches (50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ed and Judy Benson
Object number2016.66
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DescriptionThe shield cover is painted with a central blue circle, surrounded by two concentric, thinly-drawn circles, also in blue and filled with pale yellow. On either side of the shield, near the edges, are pairs of short yellow lines, and at the top and bottom, following the contour of the shield, are single, curving, yellow lines. A single feather with the base wrapped in red wool trade cloth is suspended from the center of the circle.ProvenanceEd and Judy Benson, Mission Hills, KS;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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