The lot features a large wetted and stretched hide over wood hoop shield from the Lakota Sioux Native American Indians showing amazing polychrome painting of a geometric pattern with bear and bear paw claw pattern. The piece is attributed to Lakota Sioux artist John Young Buck, born in 1947 and works from the 1960-2000's. The late-20th Century piece shows a wetted and stretched hide over a bent wood willow branch hoop in a large size tied with thick cut hide in traditional form. The front shows a polychrome painted geometric pattern in red and black with bear effigy figure with menacing claws at the center and a line of five bear paw claws behind. Tied to the center an Indian hide pouch, likely representing a medicine pouch with hide tie fringes holding an old light blue sand glass trade bead, Venetian Millefiori trade bead and antler bead. Across the top only on one side (the left when looking at the front of the shield, as in the pictures) the piece is covered with an old wool stroud trade clothe wrapping in red with yellow and dark blue point strip tied with Indian tanned hide showing an additional dark brown wool stroud trade clothe piece half way down. Across the bottom edge of the shield are several dark brown / red dyed white Turkey feathers tied with hide fringes and wrapped in red stroud wool trade clothe. The top also shows a metal brass covered hawk bell. From a Ranch in Red Lodge, Montana which also contains the two large John Young Buck feather headdresses. Measures overall 22" across by 38"L including the feathers and wool.