A Comanche Beaded Hide Baby Carrier...

Description

A Comanche Beaded Hide Baby Carrier
c. 1890

wood, pigments, brass tacks, commercial leather, hide glass seed beads, cotton cloth, globular glass seed beads, seeds, shells, thread

Provenance:
A Private Collection, Scottsdale, AZ

Height: 45 inches overall

More Information: In overall excellent condition. Each slat with faint water (?) marks at bottom; one with a chip, wood filler (?), and adjacent cracks at back. Beadwork intact, but with light dust at top. Leather panel intact; beads on leather intact. Hide lacing with some stiffness at top, supple below. Twisted fringe at bottom intact.


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