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Platform for swinging cradle.
Platform for swinging cradle.
Object Number 986-14-10/60044
Display Title Platform for swinging cradle.
Descriptions
Object Description Platform for swinging cradle. Wooden oval frame, with leather netting tied to frame by leather strips in six places, black thin strings in three places. A tattered cloth string and a braided fibrous rope. One thick strap stretches across length of the middle. Cradle board would be lashed to this platform which would then be hung from rafters on hooks.
Inventory Description Wooden ring, oval, with leather webbing interior, strap handle, wound twine
Classification
  • Personal gear
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900
Culture
  • Santo Domingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Sandoval County / <City> / Pueblo of Santo Domingo
Materials Leather, Twine, Wood, Cloth, Rope
Dimensions Overall: 72 x 46 x 2.5 cm (28 3/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-14-10/60044
Provenance
Collector Byron Harvey, III (1985 - 3/13/86)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (1985 - 3/13/86)

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