Kneeling mother holding a baby in a cradle board
Artist
Cecelia Ottogary
(Shoshone)
Date1980s
MediumGlass beads, feathers, leather/hide, wood, yarn, Brain-tanned hide, sequins
Dimensions(4 1/8” H doll alone) 6 1/4" H 3 3/4" W 4 1/4" D
SignedCecelia Ottogary on bottom of base
Credit LineMuseum purchase; Funded by Nicholas Aguilar and Emily Aguilar
Object numberNA2009.11.AGU
DescriptionKneeling female figure (”doll”) holding cradle board with a baby at her side. She wears a hide dress decorated with beads on her arms, chest and waist. She also wears a bead hair ornament with one sequin and a feather. Her nose and the baby’s are leather triangles; her eyes and mouth, as well as the baby’s, are made from beads. She has long black hair made from braided yarn. She kneels on a wood base.
ClassificationsToys
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