"buffalo shield" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Scars of Honor; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 142:",
          "text": "In those battles there was the proud waving of eagle-feathered war bonnets and the strong courage of warriors who dared to carry a sacred buffalo shield, although a man who carried one was pledged not to retreat.",
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        "A traditional, sacred protective shield made by Indigenous Plains tribes using thick buffalo rawhide."
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