Doll with cradle/cradleboard
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Mary B. Riggs (Mary Buell/Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs), Non-Indian, 1839-1927
- Seller
- Mary B. Riggs (Mary Buell/Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs), Non-Indian, 1839-1927
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Mary Buell Riggs (Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs, 1839-1927), whose husband ran the Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska); purchased by MAI from Mary B. Riggs in 1925.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Date created
- 1900-1920
- Catalog Number
- 13/7830
- Barcode
- 137830.000
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
- Object Name
- Doll with cradle/cradleboard
- Media/Materials
- Wood, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, sewn, ribbonwork appliqué, overlay beadwork, strung
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 14 x 7.5 cm
- Place
- Nebraska; USA
- See related items
- Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_148255
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws618cfcfe0-b150-43e7-a16c-1061903caa54
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