Plains cradleboard cover

Titles: Plains cradleboard cover (Supplied title)

Description: A Plains, possibly Dakota or Gros Ventre (Atsina), cradleboard cover, circa unknown but stylistically dated to the mid to late 19th century. The cradleboard cover features a heavily beaded red wool top with a five pointed star amid crosses and stripes in yellow, light green, pink, red, light blue and dark blue beads. The top terminates in a beaded tab with leather fringe. The body of the cradleboard cover is composed of dark blue wool.

Dates

• Not later than 1920 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Creation)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 6037.1

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 48 inches length
• 30 inches width
• 5 inches depth

Subjects

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