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CAS 0478-0012   CAS 0478-0012; Baby carrier / cradleboard hood
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Baby carrier / cradleboard hood
Culture Lakota Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data Plains area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Glass beads; Thread
Description Leather panel fully beaded on one side in lazy stitch; Design consists of white background with stacked blue, red and yellow equilateral and right triangles at center and a symmetrical pattern to either side of green "Tipi" motifs with red, blue and yellow doors, blue diamonds with red, clear and blue internal squares, blue yellow and red boxes and red bands; Short sides are beaded with green geometric motifs; One long edge is beaded in white with multicolored bands; Several leather thong ties are attached to beaded edge.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.4, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 118.8