Cradle model

Museum number:
1-59995
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010059995
Alternate number:
41 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Oval with squared enclosure at one end, handle at opposite end. White grass wrapped rim, alternate bands of brown and straw color. Made of hazel shoot warp and weft, open twined, and dyed woodwardia fern.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
White grass
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 42.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle model, accession number 1-59995, described as Oval with squared enclosure at one end, handle at opposite end. White grass wrapped rim, alternate bands of brown and straw color. Made of hazel shoot warp and weft, open twined, and dyed woodwardia fern.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle model, accession number 1-59995, described as Oval with squared enclosure at one end, handle at opposite end. White grass wrapped rim, alternate bands of brown and straw color. Made of hazel shoot warp and weft, open twined, and dyed woodwardia fern.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle model, accession number 1-59995, described as Oval with squared enclosure at one end, handle at opposite end. White grass wrapped rim, alternate bands of brown and straw color. Made of hazel shoot warp and weft, open twined, and dyed woodwardia fern.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle model, accession number 1-59995, described as Oval with squared enclosure at one end, handle at opposite end. White grass wrapped rim, alternate bands of brown and straw color. Made of hazel shoot warp and weft, open twined, and dyed woodwardia fern.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle model, accession number 1-59995, described as Oval with squared enclosure at one end, handle at opposite end. White grass wrapped rim, alternate bands of brown and straw color. Made of hazel shoot warp and weft, open twined, and dyed woodwardia fern.

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