SOLD
29,000.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2010 Aug 15 @ 12:04UTC-6 : CST/MDT
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539. Pueblo Shield and Cover.
Santo Domingo painted hide shield with Avanyu figures and accompanying buckskin cover. 24” diameter
ca. early 1800’s
In a 1991 letter of authenticity, Barton Wright explains that the painting on the face is second or third generation and is still in excellent condition. The design includes two Avanyu or Water Serpents with red eyes and red lightning tongues. The green pigment used in the central hourglass element is native copper carbonate paint. Wright has included hand drawn color illustrations of the current design, and two earlier designs, with the letter.
The hide is from the forequarters of an animal, probably mule or bullock. The backside of the shield shows the natural striffing attachments of the neck and forequarters that have been intensified by scraping the leather smooth. The shield is supported by two sets of double thongs that hold the neck sling that is constructed of soft thick buckskin. There is also a thong handgrip passed through two holes and knotted in front, one of the knots with a small leather bag attached containing leaves or herbs. There are several other decorative holes, plus two nearer the top presumably used for hanging the shield when not in use.
The shield cover is made of soft buckskin laced by a thong through a series of cuts so it can be gathered. In the center of the decoration is a rosette of black turkey feathers bound around a small fiber ring. Additionally, there two small attached bags near the feathers, one of leather the other of cloth brittle with age. Both appear to contain herbs of some sort within. There is also a tuft of horsehair attached with red ochre and beaded wooden peg suspended from the area.
The main design of the cover consists of a large buffalo head with lightning bolts protruding from the top. Below the figure is a traditional three lobed raincloud symbol. Wright notes that the cover is interesting because the Plains Indians were the ones known for painting the covers, not the Pueblo, but that the shield is Pueblo in both construction and design..
The shield and cover are in remarkably good condition for their age and are from Santo Domingo Pueblo. The owner purchased the shield and the shield cover together in 1991 for $75,000.
Est. $75,000-$150,000
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