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Painted and carved wooden cradle board
Painted and carved wooden cradle board
Object Number 56-34-10/104650
Display Title Painted and carved wooden cradle board
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cradle, incised and painted floral design on back, leather straps
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Iroquois
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Pigment, Leather, Metal, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 74 x 34.7 x 28.2 cm (29 1/8 x 13 11/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 56-34-10/104650
Credit Line Gift of John G. Greene, 1956
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Richard Pearson Strong
Donor Donated by John G. Green

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