Children's items generally are hard to find due to the fact they were often recycled when the child outgrew them. In this example we have not only a wonderful child's bonnet from the reservation period in excellent condition, but we also have a rare beading technique. The back and top of the bonnet is done in a "quilting" technique that appeared very briefly among the Lakota on the Rosebud Reservation. Similar examples were collected by Dennis Lessard at his trading post in Mission, South Dakota one of which (a cradle cover) currently is in the Masco Collection.