Cradle

Museum number:
1-14487
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010014487
Alternate number:
147 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.345
Description:
Head piece of cradle board, wickerwork of flat splints and black and white string. "Early 1900's style of cradle head board design-with cloth and colored string" (fide James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983). Warp and weft are Juncus.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Campo (CDP), San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Campo
Culture or time period:
Diegueño and Kumeyaay
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June-July 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradles (children's beds)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 32 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4882. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 8. "...old ones were made of grass for foundation and rush for warping or elderberry" (fide James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-14487, described as Head piece of cradle board, wickerwork of flat splints and black and white string. "Early 1900's style of cradle head board design-with cloth and colored string" (fide James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983). Warp and weft are Juncus.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-14487, described as Head piece of cradle board, wickerwork of flat splints and black and white string. "Early 1900's style of cradle head board design-with cloth and colored string" (fide James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983). Warp and weft are Juncus.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-14487, described as Head piece of cradle board, wickerwork of flat splints and black and white string. "Early 1900's style of cradle head board design-with cloth and colored string" (fide James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983). Warp and weft are Juncus.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-14487, described as Head piece of cradle board, wickerwork of flat splints and black and white string. "Early 1900's style of cradle head board design-with cloth and colored string" (fide James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983). Warp and weft are Juncus.

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