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Cradleboard

American Indian Museum

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  • Cradleboard

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Kootenai (Kutenai) [Idaho]

    Previous owner

    John D. Bagley, Non-Indian

    Collection History

    Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John D. Bagley; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1920.

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    Date created

    circa 1880

    Catalog Number

    10/1082

    Barcode

    101082.000

    Object Type

    Transportation Items: Baby carriers

    Object Name

    Cradleboard

    Media/Materials

    Wood, hide, wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, silk ribbon, hide thong/babiche, dentalium shell/shells, shell/shells, abalone/haliotis shell, animal tooth/teeth, twine/string, thread

    Techniques

    Carved, sewn, overlay beadwork, strung, fringed

    Dimensions

    109 x 39 x 15 cm

    Place

    Idaho; USA

    See related items

    Kootenai (Kutenai) [Idaho]
    Transportation Items: Baby carriers

    On View

    NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws630cc639e-a2eb-42fe-ac96-369d65bec5cf

    Record ID

    NMAI_108448

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