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Object Number
97-3-10/48232
Display Title
Cradle board
Descriptions
Object Description
Cradle board. The boards are lashed together with leather strings through two holes on each board and tied on the bottom. There is no metal on the cradle now, but two holes in the supporting board on the back may have once held nails. Cradle is nicely laced, and incised designs were filled with red pigment.
Inventory Description
Baby carrier, wood with incised design on handle and sides
Classification
- Baby Carrier
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Big Thunder
Culture
- Eastern Abenaki
- Penobscot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
/
Penobscot County
/
Indian Island
/
Old Town
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 27 x 37 x 67 cm (10 5/8 x 14 9/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
97-3-10/48232
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
(1897)
Donor
Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
(1897)
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