Mohave and Yuma
Baby in Cradleboard
Mohave or Yuma, 1869-1939
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Physical Qualities
Clay, linen, raffia, wood, string, beads, pigments, 11 13/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (30 × 7.8 × 7.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. C.R. Miller
Object Number
1939.68
Figure of baby wrapped in brown cloth and tied to incised eyes, mouth, nostrils and ears, and is painted with red "X" pattern and black hair, eyes and mouth area (with circle of dots on chin). per Kathy Fernstrom 12/21/90
Blue and white beads; red and black pigments
Feder, Norman, "American Indian Art," New York, Harry N. Abrams [1971], cat. 30, 108-109.
Sotheby's, New York, "Fine American Indian Art," December 4, 1997, sale #7066, cat. 207.
Sotheby's, New York, "Fine American Indian Art," November 26, 1991, sale #6245 "ZOTOM," cat. 44.
Sotheby's, New York, "Antiquities, Tribal, Pre-Columbian and Later Works of Art," June 2-3, 1981, sale #4631Y, cat. 263.
Sotheby's, New York, "Fine American Indian Art," December 4, 1997, sale #7066, cat. 207.
Sotheby's, New York, "Fine American Indian Art," November 26, 1991, sale #6245 "ZOTOM," cat. 44.
Sotheby's, New York, "Antiquities, Tribal, Pre-Columbian and Later Works of Art," June 2-3, 1981, sale #4631Y, cat. 263.
