Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Object name Cradle and sunshade Materials Alder root

Museum number:: 1-2307
Culture or time period:: Wintu
Object class:: Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:: diameter 23 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber and John Campbell Merriam
Collection place:: Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California
Collection date:: 1903
Taxon:: Alnus rubra, Pinus sabiniana, Salix, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax

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