Toy cradle board

Museum number:
2-71849
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C127 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Hualapai toy cradle board. Broad is of willow sticks attached to an oval frame with a full hoop head shade, decorated with red and white cotton strips and blue and white strings of beads. Sides and shade have red cotton winding and straps are red, white & blue braided yarn. L = 7.75”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Northwestern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Arizona, Haulapi
Culture or time period:
Walapai
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
2/28/1980
Materials:
Willow (wood) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards and Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased at Mohave Mujseum at History & Art in Kingman, Arizona. Recent construction.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Toy cradle board, accession number 2-71849, described as Hualapai toy cradle board. Broad is of willow sticks attached to an oval frame with a full hoop head shade, decorated with red and white cotton strips and blue and white strings of beads. Sides and shade have red cotton winding and straps are red, white & blue braided yarn. L = 7.75”Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Toy cradle board, accession number 2-71849, described as Hualapai toy cradle board. Broad is of willow sticks attached to an oval frame with a full hoop head shade, decorated with red and white cotton strips and blue and white strings of beads. Sides and shade have red cotton winding and straps are red, white & blue braided yarn. L = 7.75”Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Toy cradle board, accession number 2-71849, described as Hualapai toy cradle board. Broad is of willow sticks attached to an oval frame with a full hoop head shade, decorated with red and white cotton strips and blue and white strings of beads. Sides and shade have red cotton winding and straps are red, white & blue braided yarn. L = 7.75”

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