Toy cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Willow hoop. Scoop shaped baby basket. Hoop at open end. Horizontal elements bound with string.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradles (children's beds), Toys (recreational artifacts), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 46. Noted as missing in 1994.
Loans:
S1982-1983 #46: University of California, Santa Cruz (September 7, 1983–October 27, 1983)