Roll over the image to see the bullets or arrows & owl feathers.

After being wounded in battle, Humped Wolf wandered onto the prairie during a blizzard and became lost. Humped Wolf came upon a freshly killed buffalo. To protect himself from the elements, he crawled inside the carcass. It was here that he received his vision.

Humped Wolf later described his vision to the elders, who instructed him how to represent his vision on a shield and care for it. The dark bent lines painted in the upper left area represent the bullets or arrows the shield will repel. Owl feathers were attached in hopes of capturing the ability the owl has to see in the dark, which would be of great benefit to a man in battle.