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Object Number
986-14-10/60045
Display Title
Cradlehood
Descriptions
Object Description
Cradlehood. Multi-colored, quilled (bird), leather (buffalo) hood. Hood edge has colorful beaded border. Small red feathers decorate hood sides and are attached to tips of eight fringes with metal clips. Fringe appendage hangs over top of hood. The inside is lined with green calico cloth. The bag's bottom is military canvas or muslin. Original tag says: "Pappoose Bag - Dakotah worn G.F.B. Nov. 16, 1885."
See conservation reports for more information.
Inventory Description
Cradle hood, plainweave cotton base, folded quilled top, beaded rim
Classification
- Baby Carrier
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1875 ca.
Culture
- Sisseton
- Wahpeton Sioux
- Santee?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains; high plains
Dimensions
Overall: 101.6 x 43.18 x 10.16 cm (40 x 17 x 4 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Owner
John Nichols
(2/24/86)
Collector
Byron Harvey, III
(2/24/86 - 3/13/1986)
Donor
Byron Harvey, III
(2/24/86 - 3/13/1986)
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