Cradleboard

Date created
1880-1900
Culture/People
Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Previous owner
Ci' pa do wa', Potawatomi/Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Collector
Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Collection History
Collected from Ci'-pa-do-wa' (Prairie Band Potawatomi) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and expedition interpreter Leo Walker (Sac and Fox), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place
Kansas; USA
See related items
Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/7492
Barcode
027492.000
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Native Term
ti' ke' na gan
Object Name
Cradleboard
Media/Materials
Wood, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, cotton twine/string
Techniques
Carved, loom beadwork, perforated, tied, strung
Dimensions
67.3 x 29.2 x 32.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61bf003f8-5a71-4cf4-9a71-20d9e459fedb
Record ID
NMAI_29246