Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0478-0012 | |
| 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 | |