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Description: | Round leather shield. The shield is bi-convex, made of two discs of yellow hide. The space between is filled with some vegetable fibre. There are two short straps on the back for the grip, and a fringe of soft buckskin round the rim. On the front are some marks that may be traces of a former painted eagle or Thunderbird.
Back of round leather shield prior to cleaning.
Front of round leather shield prior to cleaning. | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.97645 | Go to resource |
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