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Object Number
38-44-10/12820
Display Title
Baby carrier - cloth back, heavily beaded. blue beads and trade bell trimming.
Descriptions
Object Description
Baby carrier - cloth back, heavily beaded. blue beads and trade bell trimming. no skirt. Length about 51". Width 10.5"
Inventory Description
Baby carrier, beaded designs, leather, fabric lining, velvet back, wrapped quill
Classification
- Baby Carrier
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Materials
Leather, Glass, Quill, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 77 x 38 x 23 cm (30 5/16 x 14 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
W. U. Earle
(? - 1914)
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1914 - ?)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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