Sold for $5,625

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Apache Beaded Hide Cradle, with Doll

fourth quarter 19th century

thread-sewn and decorated with beaded lanes; cloth doll dressed in a beaded yoke, earrings, and "cactus kicker" moccasins
length 24-1/4 inches

Published:
Historic American Indian Dolls (Fenn 2007: 150-151, plate 54)

Ex Bruce Johnson

Condition Report

Hide is soft and supple. Areas of bead loss to central lane. One ear missing earring.

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