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Beaded leather cradleboard with fringe / Unknown

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This cradleboard is made of a three-piece board that has been painted yellow with brass studs on top of the tips as decoration. The cradle hood is predominantly white with green, red, yellow, and blue geometric beaded design. The interior is lined with red calico and there is buck hide fringe on the end.

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather cradleboard with fringe
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
semi-tanned hide, sinew, glass, wood, cotton textiles, cotton thread, metal tacks, likely brass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Cradleboard
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ethel Traphagen Leigh
Accession No: 
84.624a-d
Previous Number(s): 
TL1964
Department: 
Anthropology
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