Cradle/cradleboard ornament

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Culture/People: Sioux
Previous owner: Charles H. Hickman (C. H. Hickman), Non-Indian, 1867-1959
Previous seller: Charles H. Hickman (C. H. Hickman), Non-Indian, 1867-1959
Previous owner: J. T. Fleming (James Thomas Fleming), Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Seller: J. T. Fleming (James Thomas Fleming), Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Presenter/funding source: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles H. Hickman (1867-1959, a Methodist minister who worked in Oklahoma from 1915 to 1935); purchased by J. T. Fleming (1889-1968, a developer in Sun City, Florida) from Charles Hickman in 1941; purchased by MAI from J.T. Fleming in 1947 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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Place: North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)

See related items: Sioux; Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/411
Barcode: 210411.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Cradle/cradleboard ornament
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Overlay beadwork

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6edee9b9c-f44d-4056-a253-3d5b04e12db1

Record ID: NMAI_224651