DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Basket cradle doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist not recorded

CultureKoasati (Creek)

Date1920-1972

Place madeLouisiana, United States, North America

MediumCotton cloth and strings, nylon stockings, synthetic yarn, pine needles, reed

Dimensions7 × 3 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (17.75 × 9.5 × 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.2015.28.3

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionPine needle baby with black yarn hair and black facial features, wrapped in a red blanket. The brown pine needles and light brown reeds are woven into a basket. The baby is inside the basket with brown reed lacing on top of torso, securing the baby into the basket.