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Object Number 984-20-10/59613
Display Title Cradleboard
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden cradleboard; cloth cover with leather laces. Board painted green. Has bough and three cut-out hearts at top.
Inventory Description Baby carrier, green wooden frame, cloth cover and laces, cut out heart designs.
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Date ca.1900
Culture
  • Iroquois
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New York
Dimensions Overall: 85 x 36 x 1.7 cm (33 7/16 x 14 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 984-20-10/59613
Credit Line Gift of Byron Harvey, 1984
Provenance
Dealer Nadine Hurst (11/1983)
Collector Byron Harvey, III (1983 - 1984)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (1983 - 1984)

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