Cradleboard
Ponca
Prairie
Plains
collected about 1899-1900
Wood, glass beads, hide, brass tacks, yarn, cotton cloth, paint, thread
Overall: 39 3/8 × 12 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (100 × 31 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9855
Geography
Place Made: White Eagle, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Transportation: Human, Cradleboard
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
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
White Eagle, Oklahoma; sold to Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), White Eagle, Oklahoma, 1902-1904; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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