Cradle

Museum number:
1-10057
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010057
Alternate number:
164 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
West Point, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; West Point
Culture or time period:
Northern Sierra Miwok
Maker or artist:
Ally Fisher
Collector:
Ephe Cummings and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to carry and shelter a child from the time of its birth until it is of age to be put in a cradle of the type represented by 1-10055. This form of cradle is used in the northern part of the Miwok area and is recognized as being of a different sort
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 22.5 centimeters, 23.8 centimeters, and length 65 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "hiki". For materials, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-2785; 15-4880. Published: Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 28 pl. 39; Milwaukee Publ. Museum Bull. v. 2, pl. 74.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10057, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Headpiece is Willow. Open, diagonally twined; with cloth and leather lashings and dome-shaped head piece; the head piece has bits of colored cloth tied to it. No other decoration.

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