Cradle

Museum number:
1-17336
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.463
Description:
Cradle; twined. Weft is Deerskin. Hoop is Willow (Salix) bound with skin.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Quincy, Plumas County, California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
June 8, 1913
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1913
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-6085. Published: BAE B78 Pl. 40. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 34.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-17336, described as Cradle; twined. Weft is Deerskin. Hoop is Willow (Salix) bound with skin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-17336, described as Cradle; twined. Weft is Deerskin. Hoop is Willow (Salix) bound with skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-17336, described as Cradle; twined. Weft is Deerskin. Hoop is Willow (Salix) bound with skin.

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