Baby carrier/Moss bag

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Culture/People: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1921.
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Place: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)

See related items: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne); Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 10/5100
Barcode: 105100.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Baby carrier/Moss bag
Media/Materials: Hide, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, fringed

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ccf92e95-240d-4002-8907-b67e3565d80d

Record ID: NMAI_113079