Cradleboard

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Date created: circa 1885

Culture/People: Kiowa
Seller agent: Jake Tingley (Jacob Chauncy Tingley/J.C. Tingley), Non-Indian, 1880-1965
Seller: Oklahoma Indian Store
MAI agent: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1910 from the Oklahoma Indian Store (Anadarko, Oklahoma), operated by Jake Tingley (1880-1965), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA

See related items: Kiowa; Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/8381
Barcode: 028381.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Cradleboard
Media/Materials: Hide, wood, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, cotton canvas, cotton cloth, wool cloth, commercially tanned leather, pigment/pigments, ermine skin/fur, metal tacks/bosses, metal nails
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, studded
Dimensions: 119 x 31 x 25 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e17b1873-0033-4658-a3ac-c4fce8c34d05

Record ID: NMAI_29982