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Object Number
05-7-10/65626
Display Title
Cradle made of wood, with slanted base and high headrest
Descriptions
Object Description
Cradle made of wood (western red cedar?), with slanted base and high headrest.
Inventory Description
Cradle, carved wood, slanted base, high headrest, black, red, figurative designs
Classification
- Baby Carrier
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Alert Bay
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 28 x 92 cm (12 3/16 x 11 x 36 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Lewis H. Farlow, 1905
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1905)
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