Cradle Board

97-84-1240

From: United States of America | South Dakota | White River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-84-1240
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Provenience United States of America | South Dakota | White River
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Bead | Fiber | Brass
Description

Buckskin baby carrier, solidly beaded. Dark and light blue, yellow, and red on white ground. Designs: tipis and rows of eagles. Edge red and yellow, broken by dark and light blue tipi bases. Chartreuse ribbon streamers. Lined with red muslin. Standards ornamented with brass tacks.

Height 17 cm
Length 60 cm
Width 28 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-1240 - Old Museum Number | 18756 - ANSP Number | I 1806 - Gottschall Number

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