Dakota / Sioux Beaded Leather Cradleboard Cover Made from Elk Hide, Trade Cloth, and Vintage Flour Sack c. 1890s hardin-helen-1943-1984 Surface has normal ethnographic ware

Surface has normal ethnographic ware

I've always loved the unique style and wanted to sculpt a Hopi girl

The owner inherited this kachina from her grandparents who collected in the 1980s to early 2000s

inscribed this bracelet to his wife of 44 years

to include a gap of 1"

Dakota / Sioux Beaded Leather Cradleboard Cover Made from Elk Hide, Trade Cloth, and Vintage Flour Sack c. 1890s hardin-helen-1943-1984 Surface has normal ethnographic wareEx Oklahoma collection. The owner inherited this from her great grandfather who acquired this in trade during his travels from Oklahoma to Alaska. The cotton fabric of this piece is backed with an old flour sack from the Chase Bag Company of Grafton Roller Mills, North Dakota.