Basket baby-carrier
name: label: Culture/People
content: Southern Ute
label: Collector
content: Frank S. Balster (Frederick S. Balstar), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
label: Previous owner
content: Frank S. Balster (Frederick S. Balstar), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
label: Seller
content: Frank S. Balster (Frederick S. Balstar), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Frank S. Balster (1861-1931), a jeweler and photographer who worked in Durango and La Plata, Colorado, from about 1893 to 1917; purchased by MAI from Frank Balster in 1917.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Colorado; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Southern Ute
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: 6/1868
label: Barcode
content: 061868.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Transportation Items: Baby carriers
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket baby-carrier
label: Media/Materials
content: Willow, deerhide/deerskin, cotton cloth, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, fringed, wrapped, twined