Toy cradleboard

Museum number:
2-71838
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071838
Alternate number:
A174 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Wooden, toy cradleboard; Plains style, w/ beaded hood [8.5”], black padded fabric liner. Contains small celluloind doll [head] wrapped in bright claico. Black synthetic leather foot guard w/ red bead trim. 2 carrying straps made from boot laces. Beaded in blue w/ red and blue swastikas and geometrics. H=13”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
USA; Plains Indians
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes and Zuni
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
November 1973
Materials:
Leather, Paint (coating), Paint (coating) (wood, fabric, celluloid, beads, simulated leather, commercial boot laces, paint, string.), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards, Lace (needlework), and Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
PUrchased from Mrs. A. Strehlow at Alameda, CA. [NOTE: She claimed it was Zuni]
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Toy cradleboard, accession number 2-71838, described as Wooden, toy cradleboard; Plains style, w/ beaded hood [8.5”], black padded fabric liner. Contains small celluloind doll [head] wrapped in bright claico. Black synthetic leather foot guard w/ red bead trim. 2 carrying straps made from boot laces. Beaded in blue w/ red and blue swastikas and geometrics. H=13”.

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