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Baby carrier--head end of skin with quill decoration, rest is cloth
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Object Number 39-30-10/18238
Display Title Baby carrier--head end of skin with quill decoration, rest is cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Baby carrier, fabric body with beaded and quilled rosette design hood, tinkers
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 91.9 x 48.7 x 11.6 cm (36 3/16 x 19 3/16 x 4 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-30-10/18238
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright (? - ?)
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (? - 1939)

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