Cradleboard
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Erich Kohlberg, Non-Indian, 1886-1978
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI in 1966 through an exchange with Erich Kohlberg (1886-1978, owner of Kohlberg's Antiques, a Denver, Colorado, dealer in Indian arts).
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Catalog Number
- 23/7038
- Barcode
- 237038.000
- Object Type
- Transportation Items: Baby carriers
- Object Name
- Cradleboard
- Media/Materials
- Cotton canvas, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, wood
- Techniques
- Carved, sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, tied
- Place
- South Dakota; USA
- See related items
- Sioux
- Transportation Items: Baby carriers
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_252373
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bd20c4e3-8d78-4494-9294-750e9c68fea2
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