Cradle board

Museum number:
2-34269
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2035
Description:
2 wood slats forming back; leather bindings; sun shield of 4 wood strips bound together by over/under weaving with leather strips.
Donor:
H. Stewart Kimball
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Father of John W. Terry
Collection date:
ca. 1874
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 58.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 2-34269, described as 2 wood slats forming back; leather bindings; sun shield of 4 wood strips bound together by over/under weaving with leather strips.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 2-34269, described as 2 wood slats forming back; leather bindings; sun shield of 4 wood strips bound together by over/under weaving with leather strips.

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