Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.

Circular label on rice paper backing with gold leaf background, outlined in a pink scalloped pattern. Four pink circles surround a green square. A Chinese character is inside each circle, and another is written at the bottom right of the circles. A round narrow band has Chinese characters and "1939 S.F. Chinatown" written inside it.

Large, old, wooden shield, re-painted with an image of a character called "Phantom Man" over most of the front surface. The superhero’s torso is depicted, clothed in a tight purple head cover and shirt that emphasizes his musculature. A blue, black and white belt sits at his waist. Hands and face are white and he wears large black framed, grey lensed glasses. Behind him, the surface of the shield is painted orange through which can be seen decorative perforations in circular and linear designs. "PHANTOM" is written in large red letters across the top of the shield, and above this are vine strips and a few feathers tied around the top edge. The reverse side of the shield is unpainted and has a loop of braided vine attached at the centre, with another attached in two places on the left side. Image colours are orange, purple, red, white, black and blue.

FROM CARD: RECTANGULAR WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. THIN CEDAR BARK WARPS CLOSELY STITCHED IN COIL TECHNIQUE. ONLY DESIGN IS THREE PAIRS OF DARK LINES IN THE STITCHING. THOUGH ACQUIRED IN HAPPY CAMP AREA (KAROK), IT MUST HAVE BEEN TRADED IN, BECAUSE NOT MADE THERE (MRS. MADDUX CONCURS).