Cradle board

Museum number:
2-9160
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
128-A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.320
Description:
Cradle board. Wooden cradle board, made of two planks, as well as a foot board, hoop, and crossbar. On the back of the board is a date "August 16, 1869". Foot and hoop are carved in floral motifs, a star and geometric including incising and cutout.
Donor:
Mark R. Harrington
Collection place:
Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cayuga
Collector:
Mark R. Harrington
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #58: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/William S. Simmons (April 7, 1980–June 30, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle board, accession number 2-9160, described as Cradle board. Wooden cradle board, made of two planks, as well as a foot board, hoop, and crossbar. On the back of the board is a date "August 16, 1869". Foot and hoop are carved in floral motifs, a star and geometric including incising and cutout.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle board, accession number 2-9160, described as Cradle board. Wooden cradle board, made of two planks, as well as a foot board, hoop, and crossbar. On the back of the board is a date "August 16, 1869". Foot and hoop are carved in floral motifs, a star and geometric including incising and cutout.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle board, accession number 2-9160, described as Cradle board. Wooden cradle board, made of two planks, as well as a foot board, hoop, and crossbar. On the back of the board is a date "August 16, 1869". Foot and hoop are carved in floral motifs, a star and geometric including incising and cutout.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 2-9160, described as Cradle board. Wooden cradle board, made of two planks, as well as a foot board, hoop, and crossbar. On the back of the board is a date "August 16, 1869". Foot and hoop are carved in floral motifs, a star and geometric including incising and cutout.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 2-9160, described as Cradle board. Wooden cradle board, made of two planks, as well as a foot board, hoop, and crossbar. On the back of the board is a date "August 16, 1869". Foot and hoop are carved in floral motifs, a star and geometric including incising and cutout.

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