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Cradleboard

Date1875-1895
Mediumsewn hide with wood backboard, Crow stitch beaded glass beads, metal buttons, coin, and hawk bells, wool, commercial leather, sinew, linen
Dimensions64 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (163.8 x 26.7 x 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Kenneth S. "Bud" and Nancy Adams
Object number2015.8.138
Outfit
Unrecorded Osage artist
1880-1930
Cradle hood
Unrecorded Cheyenne artist
1870-1900
Unrecorded Cheyenne artist
1875-1910
Bag
Unrecorded Otoe artist
1880-1910
Martingale
Unrecorded Crow artist
1890-1920
Coat
Unrecorded Crow artist
1885-1915
Eastern Sioux Horse Mask
Emil Her Many Horses
2010
Bridle
Unrecorded Crow artist
1880-1910
Cradleboard
Unrecorded Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke artist
1855-1875
Cradle
Unrecorded Lakota artist
1895-1915
Dress
Unrecorded Nez Perce artist
1885-1915

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Indianapolis, IN 46204