Cradleboard

An important mid 19th Century Mohawk cradleboard, the tapering body chip carved with an all over design of flowers, leaves and birds, with a crenulated top, turned stretcher and bentwood hoop, retaining original paint and hide fastenings, inscribed au verso in pencil "Marguerite Mountome, Kalanaka, 62 ans?", purchased in Caughnawaga in 1928.

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