Cradle

Museum number:
1-27696
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010027696
Accession number:
Acc.643
Description:
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.
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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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