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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Ontario or Quebec; Skinner's, Bolton, Massachusetts
BibliographySkinner's Sale 1833. 14 March 1998, cover, pp.53-54, lot 350.
Art and Antiques Weekly. February 27, 1998, p.64.
"Auction Block." American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.23, No.4 (Autumn 1998): 21.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.57.
Perriot Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy editions d'Art, 1999, p. 20, fig. 7.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 42.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 34.
Culture
Mohawk (Haudenosaunee)
Cradleboard
Datec. 1870
DimensionsOverall: 33 × 14 3/4 in. (83.8 × 37.5 cm)
Object numberT0758
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextA Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) mother could carry her baby with ease in a cradle such as this. The bow at the front protected the baby if the cradle fell over. A footboard at the bottom helped support the baby’s weight (the footboard is missing here). The Scottish thistles in a Grecian-style vase, heart motifs, and stars on this cradle reflect the artistic influences of the Iroquois, French, and English people living in Quebec and New York.Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Ontario or Quebec; Skinner's, Bolton, Massachusetts
BibliographySkinner's Sale 1833. 14 March 1998, cover, pp.53-54, lot 350.
Art and Antiques Weekly. February 27, 1998, p.64.
"Auction Block." American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.23, No.4 (Autumn 1998): 21.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.57.
Perriot Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy editions d'Art, 1999, p. 20, fig. 7.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 42.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 34.
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