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Lakota dream shield

Titles: Lakota dream shield (Supplied title)

Description: A Lakota dream shield and cover collected at Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota, circa 1870. The rawhide shield is covered by a tanned hide shield cover. The cover is painted with a black and blue-green borders on yellow ground. At the upper center is a blue-green crescent facing down with a red star at center and red, white, and blue-green rainbow above. Below crescent is red, blue-green, white and black bird. At lower center a large spotted horse is depicted painted for war in blue-green, red and black with a face mask and black veil. At top, bottom, left and right edges are four-pointed red stars. The cover is also decorated at four points with pairs of golden eagle feathers wrapped in red cloth and accented with a brass bell.

Dates

  • Approximately 1870 (Creation)
  • 1914 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Use)

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 335.E110

Restrictions

  • Through curatorial review and/or additional consultation with American Indian elders, spiritual leaders, tribal officers or lineal descendants, this item has been determined to be culturally sensitive. As advised by the Minnesota Historical Society Indian Advisory Committee on April 20, 2012, the Minnesota Historical Society will not display images of culturally sensitive items on the public database.

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 25 inches length (including feathers)
  • 20 1/2 inches diameter

Subjects

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