Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast); donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Oneida [New York]
- Artist/Maker
- Cradleboard by Richard Chrisjohn (Dick Chrisjohn), Oneida [New York], 1921-1991
- Previous owner
- Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
- Donor
- Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
- Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
- Date created
- Doll: 1890-1930; cradleboard: circa 1970
- Object Name
- Doll with cradle/cradleboard
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cotton cloth, commercial leather thong
- Techniques
- Carved, sewn, wrapped, laced
- Dimensions
- 43.2 x 17.8 cm
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
