Cradleboard Decorated with a Tree of Life, Beaver, Deer and Birds
Mohawk (Haudenosaunee)
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
about 1860
Wood and rawhide
Overall: 30 1/2 × 13 in. (77.5 × 33 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Capt. Herbert L. Shuttleworth II, Class of 1935
43.25.8592
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Transportation: Human, Baby Carrier
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
The Arts of Native America, The Eastern Woodland: Algonkian and Iroquois, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Anthropology and History Collections, East Gallery, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 6-November 11, 1979.
Provenance
Captain Herbert L. Shuttleworth II (1913-2010, Class of 1935), Amsterdam, New York; given to present collection, 1943.
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