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Object Number 986-14-10/60052
Display Title Cradleboard.
Descriptions
Object Description Cradleboard. Teardrop-shaped wooden frame, wrapped with tan hide, decorated with multicolored beads and fringe. Shoe lace opening with leather string in front. Dark piece of leather sewn with string at bottom. Wooden screen backboard attached to frame inside. Wooden hood screen attached on front with black and brown zigzag string design. 75 x 31.3 cm. (length x width)
Inventory Description Baby carrier, twined wood frame with shade, beaded hide cover with beaded fringe
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Date 1875-1900
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 75 x 31.3 x 18 cm (29 1/2 x 12 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-14-10/60052
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Dealer John Nichols (No information)
Dealer Bernheimer's Antique Arts (01/01/1979-01/01/1986)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (04/01/1986)

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