Doll with cradle/cradleboard

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Date created: 1986

Culture/People: Houma
Artist/Maker: Marie Billiot Dean (Marie Biyot Dean/Marie Billiout Dean), Houma, 1916-2010
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1986; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Dulac; Terrebonne Parish; Louisiana; USA (inferred)

See related items: Houma; Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5402
Barcode: 255402.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Object Name: Doll with cradle/cradleboard
Media/Materials: Spanish moss, palmetto fiber, ribbon, button/buttons
Techniques: Braided, plaited, stitched
Dimensions: 33.5 x 14 x 12.2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65b632dab-9b0f-48aa-8482-8acf1583f552

Record ID: NMAI_271267