Cradle Board

45-15-721

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-721
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cheyenne (culture)
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Glass | Cotton | Wood | Brass
Technique Beaded
Iconography Tipi
Description

Buckskin cradle board, solidly beaded. Design: tipis, dark blue with yellow and red doorway, on white ground. Red and yellow figured calico wind cover, wooden standards ornamented with design in brass tacks, fusiform solidly beaded amulet (not present) attached to top of case.

Height 109 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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