Hunkpapa Lakota/Teton Sioux shield decorated by a warrior who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn, ~1885 AD ( lemmy.world )
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www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/23367
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collections.ashmolean.org/collection/…/103538
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From the Natural History Museum, Vienna. I love her. She’s perfect.
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