Cradleboard

Museum number:
2-56531
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Cradleboard; blue-painted wood base with excised heart and carved end; deer hide carrying strap; wool plaid and satin “sleeve” with deer hide lacing; floral cotton cover; blue painted wood hoop attached to base with wire; length 82.5 cm. To carry babies on back with strap over shoulder or on head; cover used against cold and bugs; baby is bound in. Border design based on indigenous (?).
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Maker or artist:
Charlotte Kooses [Cree]
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
May 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cradleboard, accession number 2-56531, described as Cradleboard; blue-painted wood base with excised heart and carved end; deer hide carrying strap; wool plaid and satin “sleeve” with deer hide lacing; floral cotton cover; blue painted wood hoop attached to base with wire; length 82.5 cm. To carry babies on back with strap over shoulder or on head; cover used against cold and bugs; baby is bound in. Border design based on indigenous (?).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradleboard, accession number 2-56531, described as Cradleboard; blue-painted wood base with excised heart and carved end; deer hide carrying strap; wool plaid and satin “sleeve” with deer hide lacing; floral cotton cover; blue painted wood hoop attached to base with wire; length 82.5 cm. To carry babies on back with strap over shoulder or on head; cover used against cold and bugs; baby is bound in. Border design based on indigenous (?).

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