Cradle Board
NA3836
Location: On Display in the Native American Voices
From: United States of America | Standing Rock Reservation (uncertain) | Fort Peck Reservation (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA3836 |
| Current Location | Native American Voices - On Display |
| Culture | Dakota (uncertain) | Sioux (uncertain) | Cheyenne (uncertain) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Standing Rock Reservation (uncertain) | Fort Peck Reservation (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Buckskin | Bead | Cotton | Wood |
| Description | Elaborately decorated cradle board. The outer surface is covered entirely with seed beads, primarily light blue but with decorative geometric pattens in indigo, yellow, red, and green. Two studded boards with yellow tassles at their tips extend from the top of the cradle board. Two crossed strands of blue beads run from just below the boards to the rim of the cover. The inside is lined with blue and white striped cloth, and it is fastened shut with leather ties. |
| Height | 27 cm |
| Length | 92 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with E. W. Lenders, 1908 |
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