Cradle

Museum number:
1-3980
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Alternate number:
978 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Cradle basket; twined. Weft is grape (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Materials:
Brake fern and Grape root
Taxon:
Pteris quilina and Vitis californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4881; 15-5002. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 76.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-3980, described as Cradle basket; twined. Weft is grape (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-3980, described as Cradle basket; twined. Weft is grape (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-3980, described as Cradle basket; twined. Weft is grape (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-3980, described as Cradle basket; twined. Weft is grape (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-3980, described as Cradle basket; twined. Weft is grape (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).

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