Cradle basket

Museum number:
1-27941
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.644
Description:
Fragile. Dirty and worn from use. Oval shape. Twined openwork. Groups of 2 rows slanted opposite directions. Hoop rim of shoots sewn together. Ties of white cotton fabric.
Donor:
Cora Alice DuBois and University Appropriation
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun
Collector:
Cora Alice DuBois
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1930
Context of use:
Baby basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 35 centimeters and width 54 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "Klol
Loans:
S1970-1971 #97: Urban Studies Center/Judith Stephens (March 9, 1971–May 28, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle basket, accession number 1-27941, described as Fragile. Dirty and worn from use. Oval shape. Twined openwork. Groups of 2 rows slanted opposite directions. Hoop rim of shoots sewn together. Ties of white cotton fabric.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle basket, accession number 1-27941, described as Fragile. Dirty and worn from use. Oval shape. Twined openwork. Groups of 2 rows slanted opposite directions. Hoop rim of shoots sewn together. Ties of white cotton fabric.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle basket, accession number 1-27941, described as Fragile. Dirty and worn from use. Oval shape. Twined openwork. Groups of 2 rows slanted opposite directions. Hoop rim of shoots sewn together. Ties of white cotton fabric.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle basket, accession number 1-27941, described as Fragile. Dirty and worn from use. Oval shape. Twined openwork. Groups of 2 rows slanted opposite directions. Hoop rim of shoots sewn together. Ties of white cotton fabric.

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