Cradle board doll
Maker
Unknown, Apache
Date1960’s
MediumGlass beads, cloth, leather/hide, wood, rubber doll, plastic hair
Dimensions11 1/2” L x 5 1/2” W x 5 1/2” H
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object numberNA2009.40.LMA
DescriptionApache cradleboard of wood slats partially covered with yellow cloth and decorated with groups of two red and one white beads. Doll is dark red rubber with black braids, dressed in a white leather headband and fringed dress with a black leather belt. Doll is wrapped in brown suede and secured in the cradleboard with yellow cloth laces. Doll is commercial, while cradleboard is Apache made and about one-third the size of an actual infant’s cradleboard.
ClassificationsToys
Collections
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