DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Baby in cradleboard doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureChinook

Date1920-1972

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumRawhide, paint, hair, cotton cloth, wool, leather

Dimensions7 1/16 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (18 × 5.75 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Betsy Grant, Lisa Hendrickson and Deborah Kinder, from the Crandall Collection, A.2015.28.

Object numberA.2015.28.59

DescriptionCradleboard is made of leather with a lace up closure on the front and a fringe on the bottom with a rawhide back. The baby, wrapped in an orange and green wool blanket, The face is painted brown and red and the eyes, nose, and lips are painted on in black. The head has black hair and a yellow and white cloth around it.