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Cradle
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Cradle

about 1840
Object PlaceMaine, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, Canda
Medium/TechniqueQuillwork, birch bark, pine
DimensionsOverall: 16.5 x 22.5 x 13.3 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LinePartial gift of Jay Gates and Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession number2015.881
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 2002, sold from an American private collection to Turkey Mountain Traders (dealer), Scottsdale, AZ (later Evergreen, CO); 2002, sold by Turkey Mountain Traders to Jay Gates, Washington, DC; 2015, sold by Jay Gates, through John Molloy Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 18, 2015)