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Start Over Media available image Collector John Campbell Merriam Culture or time period California tribes Materials Conifer root Taxon Xerophyllum tenax

1. Cradle and sunshade

Museum number:
1-2307
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and John Campbell Merriam
Collection place:
Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California
Collection date:
1903
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Pinus sabiniana, Salix, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax