Minneapolis Institute of Art
Cradle Cover
Lakȟóta artistLinkedCulture matchlcp-cea47f86ad36
- Date
- c. 1885
- Medium
- Leather, glass beads, canvas, tin bells
- Culture
- Lakȟóta
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 2112
Throughout the Plains and Great Lakes regions, Native families used to shelter their babies in cradleboards, which combined the functions of backpack and infant seat. With the baby wrapped snugly inside, the cradleboard could be tied to the mother's shoulders or propped nearby while the family worked, ate, or socialized. Often the beautiful covers were made by female relatives of the mother, and a woman might receive several as baby gifts. Lakȟóta, United States, Americas
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Dorothy Record Bauman
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