Cradle band

Museum number:
1-13846
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Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Narrow red and blue woven band. Parts are faded, other areas are bright. Condition poor. Appears to be hand braided.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradles (children's beds)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used for tying feet of baby girl in cradle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 1.2 centimeters and length 76.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle band, accession number 1-13846, described as Narrow red and blue woven band. Parts are faded, other areas are bright. Condition poor. Appears to be hand braided.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle band, accession number 1-13846, described as Narrow red and blue woven band. Parts are faded, other areas are bright. Condition poor. Appears to be hand braided.

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