Complete 3-Part 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: From card: "Framework - slats of willow wand joined together." From old USNM exhibit label filed with card: "Bed - Consisting of three parts, the tripod, the forward portion which hangs in curve from the tripod, and the horizontal portion which is raised upon poles a few inches above the ground. The forward and horizontal portions are mats of peeled willow wands strung on sinew cords. The former is bound with beaded buckskin. Covered with blankets or buffalo robes when in use. Kiowa Reservation, Ind. Ter., 1891. Collected by James Mooney."
label: Notes
content: 1. Trapezoid of peeled willow rods strung on sinew, undecorated. 79" (200 cm) 2. Trapezoid of peeled willow rods strung on sinew, hide edging on both sides ornamented with lazy stitch and abstract floral overlay beadwork, commercial hide hanging strap at top ornamented with broad section of lazy stitch beadwork. 54" (138 cm) 3. Wooden tripod, sticks pointed at lower end, joined by thong at upper ends. 61" (155 cm). Records: Consisting of three parts, the tripod, the forward portion which hangs in curve from the tripod, and the horizontal portion which is raised upon poles a few inches above the ground. Bound with beaded buckskin and covered with blankets or buffalo robes when in use. (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: 19 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
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: E152817-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bed / Backrest / Tripod