Cradleboard
Attributed to
Tahdo (Medicine Sage)
(North American Indian, Kiowa, Oklahoma, 1879 - 1966)
Dateca. 1915
MediumWood, rawhide, native tanned leather, glass beads, native pigment, cotton and silk cloth, and German silver
DimensionsOverall: 45 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 9 inches (115.57 × 31.75 × 22.86 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1241
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Gallery LabelOf the many well designed and highly decorated American Indian cradles, those of the Kiowa are widely considered to be among the most elaborate and beautiful. Created by female relatives of the mother, these works are noted for an especially rich diversity of materials, textures and colors, all carefully orchestrated into harmonious, visually unified forms. Tahdo was considered a master cradle maker, both within her community and in early competitive beadwork exhibitions and is believed to have made at least eight full-sized cradles and many toy cradles during her life.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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