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Cradleboard

Object Details

Collection History
NMAI purchase from the artist in 1996 with funds donated by The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. (Fine Art publisher, Seymour, Connecticut).
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]
Artist/Maker
Donna Crawford (Rides at the Door), Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]
Presenter/funding source
The Greenwich Workshop, Inc.
Seller
Donna Crawford (Rides at the Door), Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]
Date created
1996
Object Name
Cradleboard
Media/Materials
Cotton cloth, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded
Dimensions
87 x 27.8 x 37.8 cm
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
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