Toy Cradleboard for a Doll

Osage
Prairie
Plains

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about 1900

Wood, brass tacks, brass bells, glass beads, yarn, paint, wool cloth, cotton cloth, Native-tanned hide, ribbon, cord, string, metal

Overall: 24 7/16 × 8 11/16 × 9 1/16 in. (62 × 22 × 23 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund in honor of Mary Alice Kean Raynolds and David R. W. Raynolds, Class of 1949

2008.66

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Transportation: Human, Baby Carrier

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Exhibition History

Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.

Provenance

John W. Painter (1929-2008) Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, American Indian Auction, September 13, 2008, Lot 330; sold to present collection, 2008.

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