Cradle

Museum number:
1-10817
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010817
Alternate number:
811 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dunlap, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Dunlap
Culture or time period:
Wikchamni
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Redbud and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex and Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "axulitc". Photo: 15-4881; 5002. Published: B.A.E.B. 78 Pl 40. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, P. 74.
Loans:
S1977-1978 #39: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 23, 1978–April 11, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).

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