Cradle

Museum number:
1-10722
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010722
Alternate number:
708 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
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:
Redbud and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Cradles (children's beds)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
This cradle without wood is the one in which babies are found when extremely small and also in which they sleep at night when larger.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "xutoon", also called "watsas"; "pumu" - tule. Remarks: Cf. 10730. See 10719.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

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