Cradleboard

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Culture/People
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
Previous owner
Peter Nabokov, Non-Indian
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of anthropologist Peter Nabokov; acquired by MAI through an exchange with Peter Nabokov in 1968.
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Date created
circa 1890
Catalog Number
24/1240
Barcode
241240.000
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Object Name
Cradleboard
Media/Materials
Deerhide/deerskin, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Overlay beadwork
Dimensions
102 x 41 x 22 cm
Place
Montana; USA
See related items
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_256910
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65c7b178e-912c-4321-9c25-b78e2389d3b4
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