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Examples of Plains
Indian Shields
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American
Indian shields, war shield, dance shield, medicine shield, etc. |
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Shields
used by Native American Indians in battle and also decorated with anything
that would add power to the wearer. A shield was very important in that it
would sometimes be the first thing an enemy would see and it needed to be
very powerful to frighten off anyone that would do harm.
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Inspired
by Rain in the Face's (Lakota Sioux) shield cover (left), Hard thick
rawhide shield based on a Hidatsa museum shield
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Soft
cover (brain tanned buffalo) with hard rawhide shield
Based
on an original Plains shield that can be seen at the Buffalo Bill - Center
of the West Museum in Wyoming |
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Rain
in the Face (SIOUX) replica shield from b & w photograph above |
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PLAINS
INDIAN WAR SHIELDS
There
were many types of shields used by the Plains Indian. Among them, there
was the shield made from the hump or the rump of the buffalo and then
covered with a soft skin shield cover, or the other type of shield made
of buffalo rawhide but supported with a handmade wooden hoop.
Shield
with handmade wooden hoop
hard
thick raw hide shield with buffalo or deer skin cover
medicine
shields | war shields | dance shields |
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Based
on CHIEF LITTLE ROCK's SHEILD (Cheyenne) ca. 1860/ 1868
made
for Fort Sill Museum, Oklahoma
hard shield made of thick raw hide, brain tanned buffalo, brass bells,
various feathers, earth clay paints, corn husks, etc. |
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shield
cover made of brain tanned buffalo and hard shield made from rawhide
This
shield is based the shield cover is based on a museum replica Oglala Sioux
shield but have incorporated the clients personal medicine on the shield
and shield cover.
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shield
cover ( brain tanned buffalo) based on Rain in the Face's shield, but we have
changed the Thunderbird / Eagle as per the clients request & added a few
items that the client also wanted on the shield.
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brain tan buffalo soft cover featuring either human or horse hair, otter
and coyote fur. Painted with earth pigment paints. Based on a museum example
- Sioux. |
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Lakota Sioux Thunderbird
War shield (based on a museum example)
elk rawhide | hand made
wooden hoop |
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Black War Bonnet
ca 1863 |
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Four Directions ca.
1873
hand made wooden hoop,
rawhide, trade cloth, deer skin, hawk bells, etc. |
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Plains
Insian thick rawhide shield featuring a bear -
painted
with clay paints, beads,
Eagle fluff, hide glue, sinew, etc. |
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Inspired
by a Crow shield - circa mid 19th century (with human hair locks) - New
Orleans Museum, Louisiana |
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buffalo
rump / hump shield |
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Drumtochty,
by Auvchenblae, Aberdeenshire
© Native Arts Trading Limited - cochise@naiveartstrading.com
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