Cradle

Museum number:
1-71572
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071572
Alternate number:
6 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Openwork twining. Twined and bound weaves, diamond pattern for girl. Redbud and sumac shoots, sedge root.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
South Central California
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Child care and enculturation.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 81.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #2: unknown borrower (July 13, 1972–July 18, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-71572, described as Openwork twining. Twined and bound weaves, diamond pattern for girl. Redbud and sumac shoots, sedge root.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-71572, described as Openwork twining. Twined and bound weaves, diamond pattern for girl. Redbud and sumac shoots, sedge root.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-71572, described as Openwork twining. Twined and bound weaves, diamond pattern for girl. Redbud and sumac shoots, sedge root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-71572, described as Openwork twining. Twined and bound weaves, diamond pattern for girl. Redbud and sumac shoots, sedge root.

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