Detail View: The AMICA Library: Baby Carrier Cover

AMICA ID: 
MIA_.74.63.5
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
Lakota, Great Plains region
Creator Name-CRT: 
Lakota
Title: 
Baby Carrier Cover
View: 
Front
Creation Date: 
c. 1885
Creation Start Date: 
1875
Creation End Date: 
1895
Materials and Techniques: 
Leather, glass beads, canvas, tin bells
Classification Term: 
Costume Accessory
Dimensions: 
L.34 x W.26-1/4 in., excl. fringe
AMICA Contributor: 
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 
74.63.5
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Dorothy Record Bauman
Rights: 
Context: 
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.
Exhibition History: 
MIA 2/80-12/80
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MIA_.10167c.tif