Object class: Cradles (children's beds) / Taxon: Corylus cornuta californica / Accession number: Acc.87 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Cradles (children's beds) Taxon Corylus cornuta californica Accession number Acc.87

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-2462, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.