Cradle

Museum number:
1-10216
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010216
Alternate number:
336 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bull Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Bull Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Julian
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to hold and carry small children.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
23.5 centimeters and length 74.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "hiki" - baby basket (?). Materials: For further information, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 41. Photo: 15-5003. Published: Milwaukee Publ. Museum Bull. v. 2, pl. 75.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10216, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10216, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle, accession number 1-10216, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10216, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10216, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10216, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Open plain twined; back portion only--headpiece is missing. No decoration. Cloth straps are attached. Made of peeled shoots, whole and split.

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