. The religion of the Crow Indians. Fig. 5. Fig. 3 (). Magpies Shield. Fig. 4 ). Wolf-lies-downs Shield. Fig. 5 a(50-6932), 6 (). Shield Covers. 405 406 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXV, clouds. This shield was owned by Biiatac (Coyote). In the rear of thelodge where it was kept people were prohibited to put any moccasinsfor fear of some stroke of misfortune. Another shield said in 1916 to be kept in Sheridan, Wyoming, had abuckskin cover painted with the figure of a buffalo, over which was tieda buffalo tail. The painted cover
. The religion of the Crow Indians. Fig. 5. Fig. 3 (). Magpies Shield. Fig. 4 ). Wolf-lies-downs Shield. Fig. 5 a(50-6932), 6 (). Shield Covers. 405 406 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXV, clouds. This shield was owned by Biiatac (Coyote). In the rear of thelodge where it was kept people were prohibited to put any moccasinsfor fear of some stroke of misfortune. Another shield said in 1916 to be kept in Sheridan, Wyoming, had abuckskin cover painted with the figure of a buffalo, over which was tieda buffalo tail. The painted cover was in turn enclosed in a second shield in the possession of the Museum before my purchase seems tobelong to the same category (Fig. 6).. Fig. 6 (50-57106). Buffalo-hide Shield. One of the most noted shields because of the fame it brought itsowners was called minnatse dpewac-bice, shield having a short was painted white all over, except for a red spiral, which representedthe intestine. A shield so highly prized that it was never exposed in sham battlesand accordingly never seen by White-arm is or was owned by Two-white-birds of Pryor. It was abundantly ornamented with feathers and otherdecoration. UnHke other shields, it was not tied to a womans saddle intraveling but carried on her back. 1922.] Lowie, Religion of the Croir. 407 One shield was known as minnats itsifie hawdtec, shield supportedon only one pole. White-arm thought it had a bear painted on it andmight be identical with Flat-head-womans shield. Bull-weasels mother was said to own a shield covered with whitepaint and having real bears ears tied to the middle; between the earswas the tail of a sage-hen and at the bottom there was some
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