Cradle

Museum number:
1-2462
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
96 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.41 and Acc.87
Description:
Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Tolowa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Hazel shoots and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinus lambertiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1903 and April 30, 1902
Context of use:
Baby basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 30 centimeters, height 66 centimeters, and 15 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 56
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-2462, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-2462, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-2462, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-2462, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-2462, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim of many Hazel shoots bound with split Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Top left portion of rim broken; tied with red ribbon. Twined openwork; groups of 3 back-and-forth rows, plain twined; lower front area more closely worked, bordered by 3 vertical rows of 3-strand twining on each side. Sewn rim, ties of white and blue cotton fabric.

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