Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "The cradle consists of a flat board; the upper portion is carved in triangles outlined with brass brads. There is a U-shape piece to support a hood. This is covered with ribbon applique and the outer portion has a series of bells attached by thongs. According to the tag this was owned by Shah-Ke-Wahpe - "Bloody Hand" in 1884 [sic, should be 1883]." [Typewritten] Label pasted on object provides the following information: "An Osage Baby Board. This board was owned by Shah Ke Wahpe (Bloody Hand) and wife, Osage Indians. Their first baby died on the board and they had no further use for it. 1884 [sic, should be 1883].""
label: Notes
content: This cradle (under incorrect # E368849) is described p. 68 of Broughton, Deanna Tidwell. Hide, Wood, and Willow : Cradles of the Great Plains Indians, University of Oklahoma Press, 2019.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Missouri, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Osage (Wazhazhe)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E358849-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle