Culture or time period: North Central California tribes / Taxon: Salix / Function: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10055, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix). Boards and cushion laced on.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-17336, described as Cradle; twined. Weft is Deerskin. Hoop is Willow (Salix) bound with skin.

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 1-10235, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Broad back of cradle; headpiece is missing. There is no decoration. Basket is open plain twined, and cloth lashings are attached. Narrower end is somewhat damaged.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10259, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Hood of Deer brush (Ceanothus integerrimus) twined with yellow and red cloth. Open diagonal twined; with headpiece ornamented with red cloth and yarn. Described as "new" when collected. Decoration: red diamond design on headpiece.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10119, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple bark (Acer macrophyllum). Hoop is Deer brush (Ceanothus integerrimus). Open plain twined, of rather small size, with a projecting headpiece and attached cloth straps. No decoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle model, accession number 1-2296, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is cloth. Hoop is Willow (Salix) bound with strips of Willow wood.