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- Date created
- 1800-1830
- Culture/People
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Artist/Maker
- Chief Arapoosh (Eelápuash [Rotten Belly]), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), 1795-1834
- Previous owner
- Chief Arapoosh (Eelápuash [Rotten Belly]), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), 1795-1834
- Bull Tongue (Bull Tong), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), ca. 1840-1921
- Catches on the Horses (Mrs. Bull Tongue), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), ca. 1855-1931
- Previous seller
- Catches on the Horses (Mrs. Bull Tongue), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), ca. 1855-1931
- Collector
- William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by the Apsáalooke (Crow) Chief Arapoosh (Rotten Belly, 1795-1834); subsequently owned by Bull Tongue (Apsáalooke, ca. 1840-1921); inherited by Bull Tongue's widow, Catches on the Horses (Apsáalooke, ca. 1855-1931); collected from Mrs. Bull Tongue by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) in 1923 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Place
- Montana; USA
- See related items
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 11/7680
- Barcode
- 117680.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Object Name
- Shield and cover (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Buffalo rawhide, deerhide/deerskin, wood stork head, eagle feather/feathers, feather/feathers, wool cloth, horsehair, brass tacks/bosses, hide thong/babiche, vermilion/cinnabar, paint, deer tail
- Techniques
- Laced, tied, wrapped, painted
- Dimensions
- 61.9 x 61.8 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_126360