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Object Number 984-20-10/59610
Display Title Cradleboard
Descriptions
Object Description Cradleboard. Wood board, leather straps, black velvet and red woolen cover with multi-colored beadwork in floral pattern. Board has one bough.
Inventory Description Baby carrier, wood frame, carved handle, beaded flroal designs, blanket.
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Potawatomi
  • Menominee?
  • Winnebago?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin
Additional Geographic Terms Wisconsin Dells
Dimensions Overall: 32.3 x 66 x 30.5 cm (12 11/16 x 26 x 12 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 984-20-10/ 58731
Credit Line Gift of Byron Harvey, 1984
Provenance
Collector Richard Hamby (1916)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (1984)

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