Cradleboard

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Culture/People: probably Plateau (attributed)

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1929.
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Place: Plateau; USA, Canada (inferred)

See related items: Plateau; Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/6048
Barcode: 166048.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Cradleboard
Media/Materials: Hide, wool cloth, brass tacks/bosses, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Sewn, appliquéd, studded, overlay beadwork

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws635554f21-c89f-4758-b57c-dc856d9e9c5c

Record ID: NMAI_177487