doll in cradleboard, unrecorded Potawatomi artist

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unrecorded Potawatomi artist, doll in cradleboard
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1930s
doll in cradleboard, 1930s
Where object was made: Kansas, United States
Material/technique: cotton; wood; paint; embroidering; buckskin; yarn
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 30 x 14 x 11.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 11 13/16 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift from the Menninger Foundation
Accession number: 2007.6038
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Vanished Voices: The Legacy of Northeast Kansas Indians," Jul-2004, Joni Murphy, Andrea S. Norris
These dolls tell us, and the children who played with them, how small children were protected in cradles.

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