Cradle board

Museum number:
16-9551
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Accession number:
Acc.1428
Description:
Board for head; dark hardwood w/ incised geometric designs; 20 x 7 cms. one side covered with padded rectangle of commercial cotton print with attached "T" of pink cloth.
Donor:
Michael J. Harner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Shipibo-Conibo
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Accession date:
July 12, 1961
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 16-9551, described as Board for head; dark hardwood w/ incised geometric designs; 20 x 7 cms. one side covered with padded rectangle of commercial cotton print with attached "T" of pink cloth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 16-9551, described as Board for head; dark hardwood w/ incised geometric designs; 20 x 7 cms. one side covered with padded rectangle of commercial cotton print with attached "T" of pink cloth.

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