Dakota cradleboard ornament with quillwork

Dakota cradleboard ornament with quillwork

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A cradleboard ornament made of hide decorated with dyed porcupine quills, created by a Dakota woman between 1775 and 1850. Pelagie Faribault would have made quillwork ornaments in a similar style.

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