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Beaded Cradle
Beaded Cradle
Beaded Cradle

Beaded Cradle

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)
ClassificationsPersonal Gear
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Art Institute of Chicago, A.1951.16.316
Object numberA.1951.16.316
DescriptionWith oval base. Sides heavily beaded in white with red, blue and green motifs of human figures. Four areas for fastening with thongs.
On View
Not on view
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Artist unrecorded
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