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Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_front_PS22.jpg)
Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_front_PS22.jpg)
Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_front_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_front_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_left_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_left_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail01_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail01_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail02_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail02_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail03_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail03_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail04_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail04_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail05_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail05_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail06_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail06_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail07_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail07_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail08_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail08_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail09_PS22.jpg)

Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_detail09_PS22.jpg)

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Cradle with Attached Toys

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On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CULTURE Sioux
MEDIUM Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment
DATES 1870–1900
DIMENSIONS 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm) mount: 48 × 24 in. (121.9 × 61 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 38.630
CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1938, provenance not yet documented; before 1938, acquired by M. William Bradley; November 21-22, 1938, purchased from the executors of M. William Bradley at Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, PA, "The Unusual Collections of American Indian Rarities from the Estate of the late M. William Bradley and American Indian Baskets from the Estate of the Late Walter Peirson," by the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CAPTION Sioux. Cradle with Attached Toys, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_front_PS22.jpg)
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Sioux. <em>Cradle with Attached Toys</em>, 1870–1900. Buffalo hide, wood, beads, metal, ceramic, porcupine quills, brass nails, pigment, 32 5/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 in. (82.1 × 31 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.630. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.630_front_PS22.jpg)

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