Native American Hand Made Shield: Buffalo Spirit

Native American artist Thomas Ridley, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, paints the image of the Buffalo Spirit emerging into the physical world.

Thomas uses commercially prepared rawhide and stretches it across a willow hoop. He paints the rawhide with acrylic paint and then finishes the decoration of this piece with metal bells, buffalo tail, leather fringe and imitation eagle feathers.

The piece is signed by the artist.

Measures:
Length 36 | Width 21 | Deep 2 inches
Length includes the buffalo tail.
All measurements are approximate.