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Object Number 984-20-10/59612
Display Title Cradleboard
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tikinagan
Object Description Miniature or toy cradleboard. Wooden board; cloth curtain; cloth and leather covering. Butterlies are embroidered on curtain. Board painted green. Metal tinklers. Splint ash basketry with curly work decoration; natural, pink, yellow, and green. Rectangular basket with curved hood and two rockers.
Inventory Description Miniature cradleboard, green painted wood frame, embroidered butterfly cloth.
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Canada, North
Dimensions Overall: 36.8 x 25.9 x 8 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Byron Harvey, 1984
Provenance
Dealer John Nichols (1983)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (1983 - 01/01/1984)

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