Baby carrier

Museum number:
9-21240
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021240
Alternate number:
21 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4684
Description:
baby carrier, triangular ,wool, woven pouch;100 cm base, 51 cm h.; green, red, blue, beige stripes of varied width; one side w/ 29 gringed tassels, each w/ 2 braided cords 18 cm., bound together, with yellow wool (?) w/ gold threads, culminating in wool fringe 11 to 38 cm. long.
Donor:
Mary C. Stoddard
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey; Ankara/
Collector:
Mary C. Stoddard
Collection date:
1986
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby carriers
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
December 17, 1996
Context of use:
Baby carried on back.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-21240, described as baby carrier, triangular ,wool, woven pouch;100 cm base, 51 cm h.; green, red, blue, beige stripes of varied width; one side w/ 29 gringed tassels, each w/ 2 braided cords 18 cm., bound together, with yellow wool (?) w/ gold threads, culminating in wool fringe 11 to 38 cm. long.

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