Doll & Cradle Board

Doll & Cradle Board

Doll on basketry cradle board. Doll has stuffed body of white cotton cloth; wears red cloth dress with white stitches around the arm holes and at the hem. Arms and feet — white cotton. Head — carved cedar or redwood; hair— black threads; eyes — black glass buttons. Basketry cradle board with hood; open twined and diagonally twined; warp — sumac or willow; weft — redbud bark and sedge root. Field element—willow and sedge; design material — red bud bark. On top of hood is a red-painted diamond pattern, possibly done in mercurichrome or "red dirt" (red ochre?)*. Edge of board finished with redbud bark wrapping. Doll tied to cradle board with strips of pink and white cotton cloth.
  • Object: Doll & Cradle Board
  • Artist: Ida Bishop
  • Circa: Early 1900s
  • Dimensions: 9" x 3 3/4" x 3 1/2"
  • Culture Area: California or Basin
  • Cultural Group: Western Mono
  • Cultural Context: Children's toy or tourist item.
  • Donor: Caroline Underwood
  • Catalog #: 96.129