Cradle

Museum number:
1-10730
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010730
Alternate number:
716 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Santa Rosa Rancheria, Kings County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kings; Santa Rosa Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
This form of cradle was used in the day time, particularly when traveling or while gathering food, etc. The pointed bottom was driven into the ground, holding the child erect.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "watsas". Photo: 15-4882. Published: B.A.E.B. 78 Pl. 40. Remarks: See also 1-10722 and 10719. For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, P. 75.
Loans:
S1983-1984 #15: Lawrence E. Dawson/Lawrence E. Dawson (September 22, 1983–September 26, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10730, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10730, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10730, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10730, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10730, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.

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