Cradle board model

Museum number:
1-255467
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Ellipsoid shaped wood frame with leather cover and basketry shade. Glass seed bead trim at top, brass and glass crow and pony beads on fringe; also two metal store trade coins. Cotton cloth and string used in construction. Some sticks in shade broken. Leather covering worn and thin in top area.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 49.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle board model, accession number 1-255467, described as Ellipsoid shaped wood frame with leather cover and basketry shade. Glass seed bead trim at top, brass and glass crow and pony beads on fringe; also two metal store trade coins. Cotton cloth and string used in construction. Some sticks in shade broken. Leather covering worn and thin in top area.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle board model, accession number 1-255467, described as Ellipsoid shaped wood frame with leather cover and basketry shade. Glass seed bead trim at top, brass and glass crow and pony beads on fringe; also two metal store trade coins. Cotton cloth and string used in construction. Some sticks in shade broken. Leather covering worn and thin in top area.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board model, accession number 1-255467, described as Ellipsoid shaped wood frame with leather cover and basketry shade. Glass seed bead trim at top, brass and glass crow and pony beads on fringe; also two metal store trade coins. Cotton cloth and string used in construction. Some sticks in shade broken. Leather covering worn and thin in top area.

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