Cradle
Anishinaabe (Chippewa / Ojibwa), Great Lakes Woodlands, Woodlands
about 1890
Wood, birch bark, velveteen, cotton cloth, glass beads, hide, rawhide, metal, catlinite, lead, twine, thread
Overall: 29 1/8 × 12 3/16 × 15 3/4 in. (74 × 31 × 40 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26533
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Transportation: Human, Baby Carrier
Classification
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
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.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 114 and p. 173, no. 144.
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.66, no.70, ill., p.27.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
Old Number
RAHR #: 68
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