Baby carrier

Museum number:
5-6676
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Baby carrier; solid wooden cylinder with knob ends; wide piece of hide attached as back brace; hide strap; h. 30 cm; w. 16 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Lugbara (Murdock 28:10)
Culture or time period:
Lugbara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby carriers
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6676, described as Baby carrier; solid wooden cylinder with knob ends; wide piece of hide attached as back brace; hide strap; h. 30 cm; w. 16 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6676, described as Baby carrier; solid wooden cylinder with knob ends; wide piece of hide attached as back brace; hide strap; h. 30 cm; w. 16 cm.

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