Toy Cradleboard for a Doll
Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne), Lakota (Teton Sioux), Plains
about 1870
Wood, glass beads, hide, brass tacks, cotton cloth, paint, sinew, thread
Overall: 4 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (12 × 41.3 × 14 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mrs. William M. Leeds
13.13.760
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Classification
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Course History
SART 65, Architecture I, Zenovia Toloudi, Spring 2015
NAS 15, HIST 15, American Indians and American Expansion: 1800 to 1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2014
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2014
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2014
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2013
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Provenance
Probably acquired by William M. Leeds (1829-1886) during his time working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, about 1876-1879; to his wife, Catharine G. Lockwood Leeds (1825-1913), New York; given to present collection, about 1879-1888; catalogued, 1913.
Old Number
Red No. 13.218
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