Replica Arapaho War Shield

Replica Arapaho war shield, Left Hand. The original shield was used in many wars including the battle with Black Kettle against Custer on the Washita in the year 1868. Features 31 feathers, rabbits foot, sweetgrass, glass beads, deer dew claw, pony bead, brass bell, tin cone, clay paints, deer skin, rawhide, clay earth pigment paints, hide glue, etc.  Original shield sold for $150,250 at Bonhams Auction

 

Blackfoot Shield Cover c. 1880 - 1890 and hard shield

 

UTE Mountain Lion Bowcase and Quiver

Replica UTE Mountain Lion Bowcase and Quiver.  Last quarter of 19th century.  The two beaded tabs are each 25 inches long.

Thickness of our war shields

 They are approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch.

Crow War Shield ca. 1860 replica

Crow War Shield ca. 1860

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Replica Crow Shield ca. 18622 inch thick hard shield painted with clay paints. Featuring a squirrel, feathers, fluffs, deer toes, deer skin, etc. Original shield is in the North American Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany. · 

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Replica Crow Shield ca. 1860

22 inch thick hard shield painted with clay paints. Featuring a squirrel, feathers, fluffs, deer toes, deer skin, etc. Original shield is in the North American Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany.

REPLICA OF BULL LODGE’S SHIELD

Replica of Bull Lodge’s Shield,” Bull Lodge, 1860. Bull Lodge’s people – commonly known as the Gros Ventre - actually call themselves A’aninin (AH-AH-NE-NIN), meaning the “White Clay People.” Bull Lodge (1802-1886) Great A’aninin holy man, healer and warrior.

Back of Comanche Headdress

Back of Comanche Headdress showing paintwork on cap of a Bison and a Texas Long Horn along with tufts of bison wool and feathers.