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| Artifact Identification | Reproduction Dance Shield (1996.24.2369A) | |
| Classification | Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifact : Shield, Dance | |
| Visual Description | Buffalo hump tanned hide dance shield, pierced in four places with hide hand strap drawn through and knotted. On either side of the hand strap are three pierced holes with a hide sling attached. The shield is edged with laced green wool and applied bound eagle feathers and horse hair tufts. The painted shield face depicts a standing black buffalo bull facing left over a frontal view of a large black buffalo bull head, all on a red background with black and tan along the outside edge. | |
| Artist/Maker | Reginald Laubin | |
| Geographic Location | America, North, United States | |
| Period/Date | , 1936 CE | |
| Culture | Great Plains: Teton (Lakota), Sioux, Native American | |
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Physical Analysis |
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| Dimension 1 (Height) | 73.0 cm | |
| Dimension 2 (Width) | 54.5 cm | |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 11.0 cm | |
| Weight | 1,379 g | |
| Measuring Remarks | Weight includes A-B. | |
| Materials | Animal--Multi, Textile--Wool, Pigment--Multi | |
| Manufacturing Processes | Tanning, Piercing, Painting, Assembling, Sewing, Lacing | |
| Munsell Color Information | waived | |
Research Remarks |
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| Published Description | N/A | |
| Scholarly Notes | 05/05/05 Don Tenoso comments during 02/25/05 visit "Rawhide shield made of deerskin. Golden eagle secondary feathers and fluff. Red felt wrapped cotton thread, bottom attached. Owl feathers, human hair tassels, green wool trade cloth, made from buffalo hump, black walnut stain. Shoulder strap, tanned deerskin, some insect damage. Looks like Laubin's interpretation of One Bull." Jim Medicine Tail, a Crow friend, gave me the buffalo hide (neck) for my Sioux shield. Crows and Sioux were once bitter enemies. Painting on shield itself is medicine dream. Dream painting led to adoption by Chief One Bull of R. K. Laubin. Black buffalo head, little buffalo above, red background. - R. K. Laubin, n.d. 7/02/2003: The date assigned (1936) is later than the date of R. K. Laubin's adoption by Chief One Bull (1934). If this is the original shield the date should be changed. It is possible, however, that we have a shield made later and holding the same design. It was a tradition to paint the same dream scene more than once. -T. Lacy, 7/02/2003. Lakota-Style | |
| Comparanda | N/A | |
| Bibliography | Photo: "21st Century Museum Visitors & Digital Museum Resources", 12/16/2005. | |
Artifact History |
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| Archaeological Data | N/A | |
| Credit Line/Dedication | Reginald and Gladys Laubin Collection | |
| Reproduction | Yes | |
| Reproduction Information | N/A | |