Miniature Paiute Cradleboard

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Miniature Paiute Cradleboard

Description

Well-made miniature cradleboard. The hood has soft leather attached around its rim and a band of diagonal lines made up of small blue, orange and green checking, bordered with blue horizontal lines, all with colored yarn.

Made/Created

Artist

Jenny Dick

Date made

2013

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Paiute

Native American

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

2-1/4 in

Length

4-7/8 in

Materials

Material

Willow, Leather, Yarn, Cotton Thread

Material Notes

The cradle hood and the lower part of the cradle back are wrapped in soft leather, sewn on with white cotton thread. The design on the top of the hood is done wth fine yarn or perhaps embroidery thread.

Twined Basket Details

Twined Finish

Compound binding, coiled finish

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Open Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Willow

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Willow

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)

Other Decoration Materials and Types

Decoration Material

Yarn

Decoration Type

Applied