Open plain twined. Decoration: horizontal band with white diamond pattern (indicating that the cradle was intended for a girl) in worsted on hood. Hood is attached to cradle board with twine. Made of peeled shoots.
Donor:
Henry B. Hickey Jr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Jr.
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southern Sierra Miwok
Collector:
H. B. Hickey Sr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Sr.
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:
1946
Context of use:
Used to hold and transport small children.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 72 centimeters, 29.7 centimeters, and height 24 centimeters