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Cradle board doll
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Cradle board doll

Maker Unknown, Native American (USA)
DateMid- 20th C
MediumCloth, leather/hide, pigment, wood, yarn
Dimensions4 3/8” H x 10 1/2” L x 4 3/16” W
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Rhonda Levine
Object numberNA2008.25.LEV
DescriptionDoll with painted facial features and black yarn hair; no body other than rolled up rags including jacket sleeves, with a salmon colored cloth wrap tied to a cradle board with gray laced rawhide. Cradle board has a footboard, backboard notched at the top, and canopy of blue flowered cloth with a curved wooden support.
ClassificationsToys
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