Sold for $1,500

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Lot Description

Kiowa Loom-Beaded Hide Toy Cradle, with Doll

ca 1900

hide cradle decorated with loom-beaded geometric strip; doll with beaded facial features; remnants of yellow pigment on hide and boards

length 24 inches x width 6-1/2 inches

The Marilyn Eber Collection of Native American Art, Denver, Colorado

Condition Report

Loose strings visible throughout beaded panels. One string of missing beads and another small area of missing beadwork at top of cradle. Leather feels soft. Please request additional images.

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