AMICA ID:
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MIA_.74.63.5
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AMICA Library Year:
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2003
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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Lakota, Great Plains region
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Lakota
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Title:
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Baby Carrier Cover
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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c. 1885
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Creation Start Date:
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1875
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Creation End Date:
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1895
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Materials and Techniques:
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Leather, glass beads, canvas, tin bells
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Classification Term:
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Costume Accessory
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Dimensions:
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L.34 x W.26-1/4 in., excl. fringe
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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74.63.5
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Dorothy Record Bauman
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Rights:
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Context:
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Throughout the Plains region Indian families used to shelter their babies in cradleboards, which combined the functions of backpack and infant seat. With the baby wrapped snugly inside, the cradleboard could be tied to the mother's shoulders or propped nearby while the family worked, ate, or socialized. Often the beautifully beaded covers were made by female relatives of the mother, and a woman might receive several as baby gifts. This one shows the careful geometric patterns and white background of classic Lakota decoration.
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Exhibition History:
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MIA 2/80-12/80
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.10167c.tif
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