With "baby" in place; buckskin fully beaded with large floral design on white ground on upper part of face of board; "baby" has red cloth scarf around head; core probably wood; thongs on back. Made with glass seed beads. Price of $1.00 pencilled on back.
Donor:
Virginia Vail
Collection place:
Wind River Reservation, Wind River, Wind River County
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Wind River Reservation
Culture or time period:
Eastern Shoshone
Collector:
James K. Moore Sr.
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
Marked as missing on catalog card 1994. Found in 1996.