Plains Shields by Native Arts Trading & "DOW HADAWAY" - Shawnee

Shields used by Native American Indians in battle and also decorated with anything that would add power to the wearer. A shield was very important in that it would sometimes be the first thing an enemy would see and it needed to be very powerful to frighten off anyone that would do harm.
There were two types of shields used by the Plains Indian. The most common was a shield made from the hump or the rump of the buffalo and then covered with a soft skin shield cover. The other type of shield was made of buffalo rawhide but supported with a willow hoop. We are offering both options.

Plains buffalo hump / rump shield featuring a bear - painted with clay paints, beads, fluffs, hide glue, sinew, etc.

Crow shield replica - circa mid 19th century (with human hair locks) - New Orleans Museum, Louisiana

Black War Bonnet ca 1863

Four Directions ca. 1873

 

Here is a shield cover made of brain tanned buffalo and hard shield made from buffalo hump / rump rawhide.

This shield is based the shield cover is based on a museum replica Ogalala Sioux shield but have incorporated the clients personal medicine on the shield and shield cover.
buffalo shield
Rain in the Face replica shield from b & w photograph
brain tan buffalo soft cover

(Shields are 18 - 22 inches)

Buffalo rawhide shield with willow hoop $549

Buffalo rump / hump shield $525 with buffalo or deer skin cover $525, or both $1050 (shield painted and cover painted)

Shield with wooden hoop $495 (limited to availability)
Lakota Thunderbird War shield (museum replica)
shield with Comanche youth bow
CHIEF LITTLE ROCK
Repro 1868
DRAGONFLY
Repro 1877
Native Arts Trading - E-mail: cochise@nativeartstrading.com