| Accession # |
38.630 |
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Culture |
Sioux
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| Title |
Cradle with Attached Toys |
| Date |
1870-1900 |
| Medium |
Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment |
| Dimensions |
32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm)
mount: 48 × 24 in. (121.9 × 61 cm) |
| Credit Line |
Dick S. Ramsay Fund |
| Location |
American Identities: Centennial Era
|
| Description |
Wooden frame with hide cradle and attached toys. The wooden frame consists of two boards, each with a V-form at the top. The boards are partially painted red and have brass nail heads, inserted close together, in U-formations under each V-form. The hide cradle section is decorated with geometric beadwork in white, blue, green, gold, and red. On each side of the front is a ten-pointed star. At the ends of the points of the stars are zigzag lines with triangle-shaped terminals. From hanging strips of hide over the hood of the cradle are attached toys including a miniature tomahawk, a pottery teapot, a porcupine quillwork cross, and a police whistle. Hide fringe with small brass bells are attached along the edge of the bottom.
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