A Kiowa Beaded Hide Doll Cradle

with cotton trade cloth lining, thread sewn in opaque and translucent shades of pink, yellow, green, white and two shades of blue, with a pattern of stacked diamonds flanked by concentric zigzags along each side, and stepped hourglass motifs above the head; mounted on a pair of pointed wood boards, each painted green and decorated with three metal tacks.  

Acquired from Tim Kornwolf, 1981

John W. Painter, American Indian Artifacts: The John Painter Collection, 1991, pp. 104 – 105, no. 114, illustrated

John W. Painter, A Window On The Past, Volume Two, 2003, pp. 74 - 75, no. 160, illustrated