Untitled (Cradleboard)
Title
Untitled (Cradleboard)
Creator
Description
White leather cradleboard with multi-coloured abstract beadwork design sections. The beadwork designs are geometric in overall appearance, consisting mostly of square shapes and triangle shapes divided by thick lines. Each section has a thick red textile border. The colours of the beadwork include light blue, royal blue, pink, green, white, and yellow. The top and bottom edges of the cradleboard have long white leather strand fringe. The top fringe has been grouped into two separate clusters.
Date
n.d.
Style Period
Contemporary 1950 -
State Edition
Indigenous Art - Canada / US
Worktype
Miscellaneous
Technique
Cradleboard
Material
Leather, fabric, textile, beads, thread, wood
Measurements
32 x 97 x 13 cm
Subject
Crow, cradleboard, leather, beads
Cultural Context
Montana, United States. Crow (Apsáalooke)
Source
Gift of the Estate of Michael C. Williams
Collection
Citation
Plenty Hoops, Winona, “Untitled (Cradleboard),” Life Stories, accessed April 28, 2026, https://lifestories.uvic.ca/items/show/20.