Doll with cradle/cradleboard
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably West Main Cree (attributed)
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in London, England, in 1937.
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- Date created
- 1880-1920
- Catalog Number
- 19/6591
- Barcode
- 196591.000
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
- Object Name
- Doll with cradle/cradleboard
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, laced
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm
- Place
- Manitoba; Canada (inferred)
- See related items
- West Main Cree
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_209743
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6764885e6-d113-42e3-b068-7942f60e23b7
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