Wicker Cradleboard
Leonora Quanimptewa, Hopi / American, 1930 - 1999
Hopi
Southwest
1970
Wood, sumac, and leather
Overall: 28 3/4 × 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (73 × 27 × 21 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Alfred Frank Whiting
170.9.25465
Geography
Place Made: Sipaulovi (Shipaulovi), Second Mesa, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Transportation: Human, Baby Carrier
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Provenance
Hopi Craftsman Exhibition (no. 6/29), Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 1970; sold Alfred Frank Whiting (1912-1978), July 1970; given to present collection, 1970.
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