cover is made from softly tanned thin hide cover painted in colors of yellow, red, black, and green and depicting a battle scene; paired dew claws, and dyed horsehair
  

image is centered and features a galloping stallion and Cheyenne warrior with lance, the warrior wears a long feathered headdress and holds a shield; an enemy warrior (possibly Ute) has his bow and arrow drawn and quiver slung across his back, his hip/abdomen being punctured by the lance of the Cheyenne; below the central image lies a second enemy, outstretched with rifle in one hand and two wounds received to the thigh and knee

 
diameter 15 inches

Published:
Converging Streams: Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest (Wroth & Gavin, 2010: 184, plate 164)