Cradleboard
date: label: Date created
content: 1760-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: Michigan Chippewa
label: Donor
content: John Rhodes, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Estella Marina Silas (Estella Squanda/Now-qua-kee-shie-go quah [Noon-Day Lady]/Mrs. John Benjamin Silas), Michigan Chippewa, 1883-1976
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend John Benjamin Silas (She-bah-gee-shig [Hole in the Sky]), Michigan Chippewa, 1880-1948
label: Honoree
content: Estella Marina Silas (Estella Squanda/Now-qua-kee-shie-go quah [Noon-Day Lady]/Mrs. John Benjamin Silas), Michigan Chippewa, 1883-1976
label: Honoree
content: Reverend John Benjamin Silas (She-bah-gee-shig [Hole in the Sky]), Michigan Chippewa, 1880-1948
notes: label: Collection History
content: Given to Reverend John Benjamin Silas (She-bah-gee-shig, Michigan Chippewa, 1880-1948) by an Indian family living near Pinconning, Michigan, at an unknown date; inherited by his widow Estella Marina Silas (Estella Squanda/Now-qua-kee-shie-go quah, Michigan Chippewa, 1883-1976); inherited by their grandson, Dr. John Rhodes, and donated to NMAI by Dr. Rhodes in 2012 in memory of Reverend John B. Silas and Pastor Estella Marina Squanda Silas.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Michigan; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Michigan Chippewa
label: See related items
content: Transportation Items: Baby carriers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/8634
label: Barcode
content: 268634.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Transportation Items: Baby carriers
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Cradleboard
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, spruce root, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Carved, bent, drilled, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 64.5 x 32.1 x 28.1 cm