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Object Number 88-51-10/50696
Display Title Wooden cradle
Descriptions
Object Description Head-flattening "dugout"-type cradle carved from a single piece of cedar. A platform at the wider end of the cradle held the infant's head; sixteen holes in the proper right side held cordage to hold the infant down.
Inventory Description Cradle, carved from single piece of wood, handle on one end, leather ties,
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1840
Culture
  • Chinook
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Washington
Materials Leather Wood
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 22.8 x 14 cm (30 5/16 x 9 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Exchange with the Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Owner Joseph Harrison, Jr. (1850 - 1879)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector George Catlin (Early 1830s - 1850)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1879 - 1888)

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