Object name: Cradle / Collector: John Preston Stanley / Culture or time period: American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 2-36, described as Made of basketry, coffin shaped.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-1, described as Baby cradle (similar in style to Pomo sitting cradles). The basket has bent willow warps and string wefts. A hoop, probably made of oak, is at the head of the cradle. White and blue commercial cloth carrying and securing straps, as well as one red fragment of cloth, are tied to the cradle.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-467, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mud-dyed alder or hazel. Strong rim forming hand grip at upper end. Longitudinal elements bound by spaced plain twining.