Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708346

Category: Toy - Cradle

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1870

Materials: Multi-colored glass seed beads; canvas; cotton cloth; red wool cloth; brass tacks; wood; porcelain; sinew sewn.

Description: Fully beaded cradle decorated with geometric motifs and large bands of color. Cradle has wood backboards decorated with brass tacks. Cradle fitted with porcelain.

Dimensions: Height 18.5 inches 47 cm.

Provenance:

Dallas Indian Show, April 1974
Lessard Collection- SD 340
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 135

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