Frame work and head covering of cradle. The frame is said to be made of mesquite root. Red and blue textile material used to bind the nine cross bars. Strips of bark also used to bind cross bars.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradles (children's beds)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
For girl.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 89 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4882. Published: BAEB 78 Pl. 39.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #55: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1973–February 8, 1973) and S1976-1977 #27: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 18, 1976–November 18, 1976)