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Buffalo Hide Shield
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Native American
Amerindian
Painted buffalo hide
Overall: 1 1/2 inches × 14 inches (3.8 × 35.6 cm)
Arms and Armor
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Detroit Scientific Association
F72.194
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
two partial paper labels on back of shield, one overlayed on another: "Detroit Museum" and ", spencer / ...ing in Texas / ...sented to the / Scientific Association"
Provenance
Detroit Scientific Association;1972-present, given 1972 to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Amerindian, Native American, Buffalo Hide Shield, no date, painted buffalo hide. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Detroit Scientific Association, F72.194.
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