Cradleboard cover part/fragment

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Culture/People: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Previous owner: Stephen Jewett, Non-Indian, 1844-1916

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Stephen Jewett (1844-1916, of Faribault, Minnesota); acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1907.
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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: 1/3927
Barcode: 013927.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Cradleboard cover part/fragment
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills
Techniques: Lazy/lane stitch beadwork , quilled (lane stitched), quill-wrapped (flat)

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f304d522-6a86-4800-905f-513bf3c7eebd

Record ID: NMAI_14752