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Child's basketry bed/cradle
Child's basketry bed/cradle
Object Number 2017.8.37
Display Title Child's basketry bed/cradle
Descriptions
Object Description Full-sized, used child's bed/cradle, plaited with ash splints, two set-in handles and four carved hoops forming an open frame to support a cloth hood (not included)
Inventory Description Cradle, plaited with ash splints, two set-in handles and four carved hoops forming an open frame to support a cloth hood (not included)
Classification
  • Cradle
Department Ethnographic
Date Early 20th century
Culture
  • Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada? / Quebec?
North America / United States? / Maine?
Materials Ash
Dimensions Overall: 42 × 70 × 42 cm (16 9/16 × 27 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.37
Credit Line Gift of basketry scholars and authors Sarah R. Peabody Turnbaugh '76scl (Anthropology) and William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. '73 (Anthropology)
Provenance
Collector Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh
Collector William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (2017)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (2017)

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