Cradleboard

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Object Details

Culture/People

Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Artist/Maker

Ardena M. Whiteshield (Ardena White Shield), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1939-2001

Donor

R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

Collector

R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

Previous owner

R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

Collection History

Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007); donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2003.

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Date created

1990-1995

Catalog Number

26/4246

Barcode

264246.000

Object Type

Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name

Cradleboard

Media/Materials

Wood, glass bead/beads, hide, brass tacks/bosses, cotton cloth

Techniques

Lazy/lane stitch beadwork, lined, tied

Dimensions

23.5 x 25.7 x 105 cm

Place

Oklahoma; USA (inferred)

See related items

Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Transportation Items: Baby carriers

On View

NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Best of Beadwork

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6581a1e70-e92d-43a7-94ab-96855d51f13a

Record ID

NMAI_280416