Cradle or Baby Carrier
c. 1900
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Cradle or Baby Carrier, c. 1900. Native North America, Plains, Lakota (Sioux). Native-tanned hide, cotton cloth, glass beads, metal beads, brass bell, sinew thread, cotton thread; overall: 22.9 x 25.4 cm (9 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of David S. McMillan 1984.1047 In the past, young Plains children spent much of their time in cradles, which remain in occasional use today.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Leather
- Formatted Medium
- Native-tanned hide, cotton cloth, glass beads, metal beads, brass bell, sinew thread, cotton thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 22.9 x 25.4 cm (9 x 10 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1984.1047
- Credit Line
- Bequest of David S. McMillan
- Exhibitions
- Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation, Native North America (Native North America rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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