Cradle

Object Details

Collector

Mr. James Mooney

Donor Name

Bureau Of American Ethnology

Cradleboard. Wooden lattice frame ornamented with metal tacks, fully beaded hide cover with canvas lining. Lazy stitch beadwork with geometric motifs. 47" (119 cm). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)

Cradle has plaster baby head/mannequin inside, presumably from some previous museum display.

Record Last Modified

3 Apr 2021

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Kiowa

Accession Date

17 May 1892

Accession Number

025718

USNM Number

E152946-0

Object Type

Cradle / Figure

Place

Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8342457

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffc943ff-a0f2-40c0-bcc3-39cbcabfa019