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cradleboard, model
cradleboard, model
cradleboard, model
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Introduction
Odawa model wooden cradleboard carved with saw tooth and scallop edging. Gift from the Museum of Amerind Arts
Nation of Maker:
Odawa
Nation of Origin
Museum documentation
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
GRASAC generated
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Materials
wood, hide thongs
Techniques or Format
Carved wooden cradleboard. Ends of curved bow inserted into holes found in wooden strip found across the cradleboard back. Footrest attached by hide thongs that have been tied around the ends of the curved bow.
Motifs and Patterns
Saw tooth edging on top of cradleboard back, at the ends of wooden strip, and on footrest; scallop edging found across curved hoop.
Dimensions:
19 × 11 × 5.5 mm
Condition:
Footrest damaged.
Provenance
Current Location:
Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
1932.320
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1932
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Gift from the Museum of Amerind Arts
Collection Narratives and Histories
Gift from the Museum of Amerind Arts
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26873
Record Creation Context
Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 21 Jan 2014
Approximate Place of Origin
43.0703, -80.1184
Source of Information about Places
Museum documentation