Alan Kessler Gallery

An Early Classic Crow Beaded Hide Model Cradleboard

Constructed of wood wrapped with hide, the backboard and straps, decorated with geometric motifs stitched in glass seed beads, trimmed with early trade cloth.

height 14 1/2 in

Circa 1870-1880

Provenance:
Paul Gray, Chatham, NY

Heritage Ethnographic Art Auction, October 14 2022, Dallas, TX Lot 70113

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