Bed
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Trapezoid of peeled willow rods strung on sinew, canvas edging on both sides, the front ornamented with alternating red and tan appliqued rectangles edged with lazy stitch and overlay beadwork in geometric patterns, cloth hanging strap with abstract floral overlay beadwork on a dark blue flannel background. 56" (142 cm). Records: The bed is raised upon a pole frame a few inches above the earth floor, and one end is looped up, by means of the buckskin hanger, to a tripod of poles. Blankets or skin robes are laid upon the bed frame. The beds, two or three in number, are ranged around the sides of the tipi, and are used as seats in the daytime. Illustrated in B.A.E. Vol. 14, Part 2, pg. 963, pl. cxx, where it is identified as Arapaho. Mooney's original notes in accession file identify it as Kiowa. (C, L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152819-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Backrest