Cradle

Museum number:
1-13843a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
(a) Frame work of cradle, without hood; and (b) willow or cottonwood bark to serve as bedding for the child. Frame held at bottom by red and white cloth wrapped around stick.
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
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1"; description indicates plural.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-13843a,b, described as (a) Frame work of cradle, without hood; and (b) willow or cottonwood bark to serve as bedding for the child. Frame held at bottom by red and white cloth wrapped around stick.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-13843a,b, described as (a) Frame work of cradle, without hood; and (b) willow or cottonwood bark to serve as bedding for the child. Frame held at bottom by red and white cloth wrapped around stick.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-13843a,b, described as (a) Frame work of cradle, without hood; and (b) willow or cottonwood bark to serve as bedding for the child. Frame held at bottom by red and white cloth wrapped around stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-13843a,b, described as (a) Frame work of cradle, without hood; and (b) willow or cottonwood bark to serve as bedding for the child. Frame held at bottom by red and white cloth wrapped around stick.

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