Baby carrier shown from above. Wooden boards angle out slightly from the top. Body of carrier features a white, blue, and yellow design and is laced up the front. Detail of an object. At bottom is a dense cream and red floral print. The top edge is curved and covered in tiny blue and white beads. Detail of an object. Portion at left is a dense cream and red floral print. At right is a section covered in tiny blue and white beads. Detail of rows of tiny white, green, pink, and blue beads. At center left is a green notched triangle with a pink heart inside. Tan leather ties hang from top. Detail of beaded object with leather ties hanging down and wood supports at bottom. White background beaded with pink and blue hearts and red and blue crosses. Detail of beaded object with leather ties hanging down and wood supports at bottom. White background beaded with blue horse and colorful rider in headdress, with geometric decoration. Detail of beaded object. White background beaded with blue horse and colorful rider in headdress, shooting an arrow. Geometric decoration at bottom. Leather lacing at top. Detail of a beaded object with a panel of leather lacing running top to bottom. Detail of rows of white beads and a geometric blue decoration at bottom left. A small area of the cream leather ground shows at top. Beaded baby carrier lying flat on a surface. Back boards extend to the right. Beadwork designs in blue on white background depict horses, riders, and geometric decoration. Beaded baby carrier lying flat, shown from above. Back boards angle to the right. Top is open, front center laces up with leather ties, bottom is loosely folded. Detail of beaded object. White background beaded with blue horse and colorful rider in headdress. Some geometric decoration. Leather ties hanging down and lacing at top. Beaded baby carrier lying flat on a surface. Back boards extend to the left. Beadwork designs in blue on white background depict horses, riders, and geometric decoration. Detail of beaded object with wood supports at bottom. A yellow leather panel is loosely folded, attached to a panel densely beaded with blue horse and rider. Top is laced closed. Detail of beaded object. White background beaded with blue horse and colorful rider in headdress, with geometric decoration. Leather lacing at top. Interior detail of an object, covered in a dense print of cream flowers on a red background. The outer edge of the object is beaded in blue, white, and yellow.

Unknown Maker, Ka'igwu (Kiowa)

Cradleboard,

Maker

Culture

Ka'igwu (Kiowa), Native North American

Title

Cradleboard

Medium

brass (alloy)

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Length: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 inches) (brace); Lenght: 69.2 cm (27 1/4 inches) (carrier)

Place

Place Made: Great Plains

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.610

Cradleboard

Place Made: Great Plains

Publications

Exhibition History

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