Posts tagged Historic
Cradleboards

Many tribes all across North America have used, and some continue using, cradleboards to carry their children at very young ages. Here at The Museum of Native American History, we have two great examples of cradleboards reaching from sea to shining sea. A Mohawk cradleboard dating to the late 1800s and a Paiute cradleboard dating to around the same time. While different, they offer the same amount of comfort and protection to a newborn child while giving their mother a range of motion to carry on with her day.

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Caddo Bear Effigy Vessel

Distinct Caddoan culture emerged around 1000 A.D. in South Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and East Texas. However, the Caddo pottery tradition emerged around 800 A.D.; it has become an unmistakable characteristic of the Caddo people. Caddo pottery is superior in technical construction to most all other Mississippian Era pottery.

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Cherokee Stone Pipe

Today, we are looking at a new acquisition to the MONAH collection, a Cherokee pipe carved in the 18th century! It was carved from a solid hardstone and is notably less decorative than some other Cherokee pipe designs. This pipe was found in Sequoyah County in Oklahoma back in 1956. It likely arrived in Oklahoma on the "Trails of Tears" in the early 19th century.

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