Painted cradleboard with brass pins and bells with beaded straps / Unidentified

Essay/Description

Brass tacks are fastened along the edge of the top half of the wood board.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Painted cradleboard with brass pins and bells with beaded straps

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Osage

Date:

19th century - 20th century

Materials/Techniques:

pigment, wood, brass, yarn, glass

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Cradleboard

Accession No:

84.630

Previous Number(s):

8436.630

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 10in. (25.4cm)
Length: 36in. (91.4cm)
Width: 9in. (22.9cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Baby, beaded, beadwork, bell, brass, Central Plains, child, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, Cradle, cradleboard, cradleboards, green, infant, paint, plains, seed beads, tack

Cite this Page

Unknown. Painted cradleboard with brass pins and bells with beaded straps. 84.630. 19th century - 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/84630 (09/12/2019).

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