Beaded Cradle

NameBaby Carrier

Artist Artist not recorded

CultureLakota

Date1885 - 1890

Place madeSouth Dakota, North America

MediumNative tanned hide, rawhide, glass beads

Dimensions22 1/16 × 7 1/16 × 9 13/16 in. (56 × 18 × 25 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Art Institute of Chicago, A.1951.16.316

Object numberA.1951.16.316

Collections

DescriptionWith oval base. Sides heavily beaded in white with red, blue and green motifs of human figures. Four areas for fastening with thongs.

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c. 1930

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c. 1920

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Late 19th century

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1860s

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1875

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1890 - 1900

mid-20th cent.

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1875

Mid 20th

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c. 1880

Mid-20th century (1950 - 1960)

ca. 1900