Cradle

Museum number:
1-830
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2830 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 27, 1901
Materials:
Alder root and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus and Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 64.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 9
Loans:
S1977-1978 #15: Golden State School/Catherine Knowland (October 31, 1977–November 1, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-830, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-830, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-830, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cradle, accession number 1-830, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-830, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-830, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is made of many Hazel shoots bound with Alder (Alnus) root.

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