Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Colonel James F. Randlett (1832-1915, US Army commander and Indian agent at Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 1896 and Indian agent for the Kiowa, circa 1900) and possibly collected by him; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1923.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Wichita
- Possible collector
- Colonel James F. Randlett, Non-Indian, 1832-1915
- Previous owner
- Colonel James F. Randlett, Non-Indian, 1832-1915
- Object Name
- Cradleboard
- Media/Materials
- Willow, wool cloth, wool yarn, vegetal fiber, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Bent, twined, stitched, fingerwoven, wrapped
- Object Type
- Transportation Items: Baby carriers
