Cradleboard

Ute, Native American

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Relatives made this cradleboard in yellow ocher for a baby girl; they would have used white clay paint for a boy. Its wooden backboard is covered in leather and ornamented with geometric and curvilinear designs in pigment and beadwork. A hood of thin wooden rods provided protection if the cradleboard tipped forward and also kept the sun from the baby’s eyes. A small beaded case used to hold a stitching awl for sewing heavy hides hangs from the side.

Cradleboard, Wood, tanned leather, pigment, glass beads, wool cloth, metal cones, feathers, and bone, Ute, Native American

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Cradleboard, Wood, tanned leather, pigment, glass beads, wool cloth, metal cones, feathers, and bone, Ute, Native American
Cradleboard, Wood, tanned leather, pigment, glass beads, wool cloth, metal cones, feathers, and bone, Ute, Native American
Cradleboard, Wood, tanned leather, pigment, glass beads, wool cloth, metal cones, feathers, and bone, Ute, Native American
Cradleboard, Wood, tanned leather, pigment, glass beads, wool cloth, metal cones, feathers, and bone, Ute, Native American

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