Collection place: East-Central Mexico / Accession number: Acc.1955Z / Function: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place East-Central Mexico Accession number Acc.1955Z Function 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 3-14974, described as Popoluca Indian cradle consisting of a stick hoop to which is lashed a net bottom. The hoop lashing is not aboriginal. The net is lashed to the frame (hoop) with the original string, but the lashing was done in 1955 by the donor and is not necessarily the aboriginal lashing form.