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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
- Penobscot
- Eastern Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
/
Penobscot County
/
Indian Island
/
Old Town
Materials
Wood , Rawhide
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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