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Object Number 30-69-10/K63
Display Title Cradle cover; bead and quill decoration
Descriptions
Inventory Description Baby carrier, cloth body, quill and bead designs on leather hood, feathers
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Dimensions Overall: 84.2 x 37.5 x 18.6 cm (33 1/8 x 14 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K63; 58
Provenance
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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