Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide and Cloth Cradle Cover

Description:

Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide and Cloth Cradle Cover, c. 1880, the hood of thick buffalo hide and beaded with a central roundel with cross on a striped background, with beaded rawhide tab and red, cochineal dyed trade cloth at the back, hanging from the bottom is part of a Hudson Bay trade blanket, (minor bead loss),beaded area 9 1/2 x 24 in.

Provenance: Ex John Painter collection.

Literature: Illustrated in American Indian Artifacts, item 128, p. 112.
Estimate $3,000-4,000


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