Ceremonial Shield
38-1-1
From: United States of America | South Dakota | Standing Rock Reservation (uncertain) | Pine Ridge Reservation (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | T'Oka |
| Object Number | 38-1-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Teton |
| Provenience | United States of America | South Dakota | Standing Rock Reservation (uncertain) | Pine Ridge Reservation (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Otter Fur | Deer Hide | Eagle Feather | Human Hair (uncertain) | Buckskin |
| Description | "Spider-web" called T'oka or "Enemy" shield, reputed to have been the proerty of Sioux Chief, Charles Blackhorse. Wooden hoop closely bound with string and covered in places with otter fur. Interior webbed with babiche thongs of deer hide. Holding strap of wider thong. Periphery hung with eagle feathers with red or green tufts. Wide band of otterh skin across centre with pendant tufts of human hair representing scalp-locks. 9 miniature shields attached, some webbed, some bound with otter skin, one with "medicine" bound in bucksin attached. |
| Outside Diameter | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1938 |
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