Cradleboard. Wooden lattice frame painted and ornamented with brass tacks, fully beaded canvas cover with yellow painted hide edging. Lazy stitch background with abstract motifs also worked in lazy stitch. 45" (114 cm). Records: Originally catalogued as Cheyenne. Changed to Kiowa on the basis of style and construction by Candace Greene, 1991. (C). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)