DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Beaded Cradle
NameBaby Carrier
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
DescriptionWith oval base. Sides heavily beaded in white with red, blue and green motifs of human figures. Four areas for fastening with thongs.
c. 1930
c. 1920
Late 19th century
1890 - 1900
c. 1880
c. 1920
Late 20th century
c. 1950-1980
ca. 1935