Cradle Hood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Collector
content: N/A
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: This object was re-identified as part of a Sioux soft cradle by Candace Greene, Nov. 2015. (See C. Greene, 1992, Soft Cradles of the Central Plains, Plains Anthropologist 37(139): 95-113) for description of the type.) The basis for the original identification as "Crow breastplate" is not known. There would once have been a cloth wrapper to go around the baby, with this piece serving as a decorative hood. The angled sides and the style of quillwork suggest that it is likely of Middle Sioux (Yanktonai?) origin rather than the western Lakota, whose hoods were more rectangular. For comparative items, see E129885 (collected Standing Rock) and E305335 (collected Devil's Lake).
label: Notes
content: Quillwork designs include birds and hands.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dakota Territory (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E358284-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle