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Santo
Domingo War Shield
(#FCSHIE78)
This shield
depicts a violent storm in the center with lightning bolts shooting from
it to the lower left and lower right.
They strike the earth, while rain pours straight down between them. The
funnel-shaped cloud roaring out toward
the top probably represents violent winds, their force and direction
indicated by the arrows crossing the yellow horizon.
A hank of horsehair hangs from near the center, and two cougars are
painted on the white area to either side of the
storm design. The "weather pattern" on this shield bears a remarkable
resemblance to the Kiowa shield 70.
The back of this Santo Domingo shield is incised with three abstract
geometric designs as well as a small
mountain lion figure done in white paint.
Illustrated in
Spirits in the Art, by James A.
Hanson pg.179.
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