Cradle board doll
Maker
Unknown, Apache
DateMid-20th C. (1940s-60s)
MediumGlass beads, cloth, leather/hide, wood, yarn, braiding
Dimensions15 1/4” L x 5 3/4” W x 8” H
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Lindsey Slenger ’04
Object numberNA2009.18.SLE
DescriptionFemale doll in typical Apache cradleboard made with a hoop of wood to which flat slats are attached, the whole covered in yellow fabric and trimmed with braid. Handmade doll of cloth with stitched facial features; black yarn hair with yellow, green and red yarn braided in; thin buckskin fringed dress, jacket & belt with bead trim. Doll is secured in the cradleboard with thick black thread. The cradleboard has three surviving strands of beads hanging from the canopy.
ClassificationsToys
Collections
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Unknown, Haudenosaunee