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Buffalo Shield

Plate No 3 of 15 Native Nation Cheyenne Artist: Unknown, probably Cheyenne
Ethnographic Notes

Shield with buffalo head shown on a blue background with a green section at the bottom. The green segment represents the south in the Middle World where humans and buffalo normally live. Blue represents the Blue Sky-Space, where the holiest beings reside, including Maheo, the All Father. See Imre Nagy, "Cheyenne Shields and Their Cosmological Background".

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David Dunham, the prior owner's name, appears on the front and rear of this "Ornamental Penman's, Engravers, S...

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Plate No: 3
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Media: Pencil and colored pencil
Dimensions: cover 8 5/8” x 11.25”, drawings 8 13/16” x 11.25”
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Plains Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project (PILA), Mandeville Special Collections, UCSD Libraries, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Unknown, probably Cheyenne
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