Cradle

Museum number:
1-13842
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Frame work and head covering of cradle. The frame is said to be made of mesquite root. Black textile material interwoven through head covering.
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:
February 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 78 centimeters, 36 centimeters, and 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-13842, described as Frame work and head covering of cradle. The frame is said to be made of mesquite root. Black textile material interwoven through head covering.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-13842, described as Frame work and head covering of cradle. The frame is said to be made of mesquite root. Black textile material interwoven through head covering.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-13842, described as Frame work and head covering of cradle. The frame is said to be made of mesquite root. Black textile material interwoven through head covering.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-13842, described as Frame work and head covering of cradle. The frame is said to be made of mesquite root. Black textile material interwoven through head covering.

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