Cradle Board Item Number: 11.694.9007 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This cradleboard is dark brown wood with metal tacks in a zigzag decoration across an area in the top. Rest of the cradle is missing. BArbara Hail Confirms it is Osage back cradle board.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Cradle Board
- Identification Number
- 11.694.9007
- Type of Item
- cradle board
- Material
- walnut and brass tack
- Overall
- length 10.0 in, width 41.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Osage
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)