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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



and the two ends tied, or one end is passed through a slit cut in the 

 other. The lashing- does not cross tue square on either side diagonally. 

 Above the upper cross-piece the frame pieces project a foot and are 

 straightened atop like fence pickets. Disks of German silver and 

 brass-headed nails are used in profusion to form various geometric 

 ornaments; upon the front of the frame, between the cross-pieces, a 

 strip of buffalo hide is sewn, with rawhide string passing through holes 

 bored in with the hair side (the side pieces) towards the cradle-bed. 



The inclosing case is a shoe-shaped bag made of a single piece of 

 soft deer-skin lashed together half way on top in the usual manner, 

 and kept open around the face by a stiffening of buffalo leather or raw- 

 hide. A small opening is left opposite the penis, and a stiffening piece 

 keeps the bag open at the feet. This case is attached to the frame by 

 thong lashings. Little sleigh bells, bits of leather, feathers, etc., com- 

 plete the ornamentation (Fig. 3o). 



Fig. 36. Fig. 36a. 



Oolalla Sioux Cradle. Oglalla Sioux Woman. 



Similar to Fig 35, With (From photograph.) 



addition of beading. 



( Cat. No. 75472. Black Hills, Dakota. ) 



The Sioux cradle is a frame of two diverging slats, painted yellow, 

 held in place at the head and foot by cross-slats, lashed as in the Co- 

 manche cradle, with this difference, that the string crosses between the 

 holes diagonally. This is true, but may have no significance. The tops 

 of the side pieces project above the cradle sack at least 18 inches, and 



