This decorative leather shield is 12" with a 3-1/2" medicine pouch, hanging from the top center and two - 13" crossed arrows, with stone tips. The shield is decorated with Elk horn buttons, beads and feathers. A great conversation piece for your home or office. A reproduced artifact from yester year, non Indian made.

The divine protection of a Warrior's Shield..... The leather shields frequently bore sacred feathers, every step in the carefully defined process of crafting the shield imbued the weapon with additional significance. As a means of deflecting arrows, lances and axes, shields had served for generations as effective defensive armor in Native American warfare. From ancient times through the present day, Indian peoples of the Southwest and great Plains have prized shields for their mystic strength. Native Americans continue to believe in the spiritual potency of the shields and still use them today during dance and medicine ceremonies.