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1994.4.76

Triangular piece of hide, covered on one side with white, blue, yellow and red beadwork; for use as the top panel of a hooded cradle. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/7/2005]

1994.4.76

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Collection type
Object
Description
Triangular piece of hide, covered on one side with white, blue, yellow and red beadwork; for use as the top panel of a hooded cradle. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/7/2005]
Cultural groups
Cheyenne
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Hampshire County Museums Service
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 1900
Date collected
By 1994
Acquisition information
Transferred: 01/1994
Materials and processes
Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Horse Hair Animal, Material Bead, Process Beadwork, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 770 mm, Width: max 290 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1994.4.76
Research and responses

Identified by Ann McMullen, Curator of North American Ethnography, Milwaukee Public Museum, November 1995 (via Nicolette Meister).

Search terms: Bead, Children and Childcare, Furniture Dwelling, Transport and Travel, Cradle, Baby-carrier