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Object Number 98-17-10/51941
Display Title Cradle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Baby carrier, carved wood with cut-out decoration, broken, thin leather strap
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eastern Abenaki
  • Penobscot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Penobscot County / Indian Island / Old Town
Dimensions Overall: 62.2 x 41 x 8 cm (24 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 98-17-10/51941
Provenance
Owner Family of Old Jo Polis
Owner George D. Mitchell (1898)

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