Materials

wood, nails, leather thong, cotton rope, thinner dark navy woolen cloth, purple silken ribbon (faded to a greenish gold colour), blue cotton tape, brown velvet, opaque white beads size 12, beige thread, black thread, wire, metal.

Techniques or Format

The wrapper is made of two pieces of cloth sewn together. It has been repaired: black thread has been used to mend a hole. A piece of brown velvet has been sewn onto the wrapper where it is secured against the leather thong and cradleboard, perhaps to reinforce the cloth. A second, narrower, piece of cloth, edged with blue tape, is wrapped around the base of the cradleboard.

Dimensions: 0 × 17 × 0 cm

Condition: The purple silken ribbon has deteriorated, and there is a bit of bead loss on the wrapper.

Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 014601

GKS Reference Number: 25580

Record Creation Context

This record was created by Stacey Loyer while at the NMAI on a Visiting Student fellowship, November 3-December 15 2009.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

As this is part of my doctoral research, I would like to keep this record private until I've completed my dissertation.