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Object Number 88-51-10/50687
Display Title Cradle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cradleboard, wood base and hoop, cotton laced in center, inlaid beads at top
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 22.5 x 13.5 cm (18 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50687; 50687 ; 9545 [crossed out] Navajo Cradle / Dr. E. Palmer
Provenance
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (1838-1886)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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