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Hearst Museum object titled Bed / cradle, accession number 4-6242, described as Reed bed or cradle for child or doll, bound with hair; pebbles inside rattle
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 2-18191, described as Basketry, imbricated, coiled, coffin shape.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-148916, described as Basketry cradle with clam shell beads sewn to 3 top rows of string. One corner missing.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-16572, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. Rim bound with same. Dirty and in very poor condition; smashed and falling apart; strips of cloth have been tied on for crude repairs. Oval-shaped. Openwork with groups of 3 rows of tight plain twining, the third row turned the opposite direction. Thinner rim (than 1-16571) stitched around all the way, excepting the top perhaps. Ties and loops are of denim; other colored cotton strips are attached. Carrying strap is attached; also has cotton string. An attempt was made to repair a large hole at the bottom with fabric strips.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-29031, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-71716, described as Openwork twining. Beaded decoration.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-71717, described as Openwork twining. Beaded decoration.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 2-6828, described as Made of birch bark.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10830, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Redbud (), weft is Sedge (Carex) and Willow (Salix). Soap root (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) stiffening. Hooded cradle, made of small wooden rods and twine. Also note that the whole cradle, particularly the hood, is stiffened and rendered fairly tight by the application of hot soaproot juice.
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-27696, described as Basketry cradle, open twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork baby basket, with commercial cloth tie. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are of uncertain material. At the foot there is plain twining, spaced closer than the rest of the basket. The rim is covered with possibly conifer root, reinforced with two rods. Starting at the foot there is one unpaired weft row, followed by several sets of two weft rows, with the uppermost set having three weft rows. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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