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Sold at Auction: COMANCHE PAINTED HIDE SHIELD AND COVER

COMANCHE PAINTED HIDE SHIELD AND COVER composed of fire-hardened buffalo hide, painted in red, yellow and blue pigments, with a buffalo face flanked by radiating zigzag bands, perhaps a reference to lightning, surmounted by concentric bands, tied with a pair of circular hide pendants and pouches, and three turkey feather attachments (replaced); together with a finely tanned, fringed elk hide cover, of drawstring construction, painted in red and yellow, with a Spanish-style cross enclosed by…
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