Cradle

Museum number:
2-2344
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Baby basket of birch bark; cradle; white hide binding.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradles (children's beds)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 6.25 inches, height 10.5 inches, and width 9.75 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 2-2344, described as Baby basket of birch bark; cradle; white hide binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 2-2344, described as Baby basket of birch bark; cradle; white hide binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 2-2344, described as Baby basket of birch bark; cradle; white hide binding.

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