Cradleboard

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Cradleboard

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.45

Description

Property G4: Brown Leather Cradleboard with Doll. Object: toy, Artist/Maker: attrib. unknown (20th Century, Ute: CO), Title/Model: Child's Cradleboard with Doll, Date/Region: ca. 1940 / Colorado, Medium/Technique: leather, beads, hair, thread / handcrafted, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 28" H x 16" W x 2" D (with fringe), Condition: good / dye stains, holes, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A leather cradle board with adorned leather fringe, white, red, blue beadwork and a brown baby with real hair and white beads for eyes, nose, mouth inside a hand sewn pouch on front and leather lacing on back.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cradleboard

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Carrier, Child

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Human-Powered Vehicles

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018