Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Accession Date:
20 Jul 1949
Notes:
Miniature cradleboard. Wooden frame ornamented with brass tacks, fully beaded hide cover with cloth lining. Lazy stitch beadwork in geometric pattern. Style is not typically Kiowa. 19" (48 cm). Records: Donor stated this was given her, shortly after her birth in 1881 by a Kiowa Indian woman, Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The donor used to carry her doll in it. (A, 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.)
From card: "... Father Peter J. Powell identifies this as of Cheyenne manufacture on basis of style. - W. Merrill 10-14-1990."
