Doll's cradleboard

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Culture/People: Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Previous owner: Marion Eppley, Non-Indian, 1883-1960

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Marion Eppley (1883-1960, a US Navy captain during World Wars I and II and founder of the Eppley Laboratory of Newport, Rhode Island, makers of precision scientific instruments); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Marion Eppley in 1933.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA (inferred)

See related items: Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne); Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 18/4674
Barcode: 184674.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Object Name: Doll's cradleboard
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Lazy/lane stitch beadwork , painted
Dimensions: 55.5 x 17.8 x 8.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61c88a2b3-68a3-48e5-b8a2-f9cb5bf0274a

Record ID: NMAI_197567