Vintage Apache cradleboard
Vintage Apache cradleboard
$850.00
made out of yucca, dyed yucca (yellow is from the yucca), hide, old trade cloth and old string
14” at the widest place x 29 3/4” long
excellent condition
circa 1900
ex: Private Collection
$850.
(mc2273)
The Apache were a mobile culture. An Apache woman carried her baby in a cradleboard such as this, securing it to her back with a trump line or perhaps restiing the cradleboard against a tree when she rested or worked. This cradleboard is full-sized. It has survived the years in excellent condition.
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The Apache were a mobile culture. When they traveled or when the mother was working, she carried a young child in a baby carrier such as this. This cradleboard is full sized and it has survived the years in excellent condition.
