Cradle

Museum number:
1-10779
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010779
Alternate number:
770 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "takulalna" or "watsas". Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, P. 75. For full information see 10722 and 10730.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10779, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10779, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10779, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood.

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