Materials: Chain fern / Taxon: Xerophyllum tenax / Function: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling

Start Over Materials Chain fern Taxon Xerophyllum tenax Function 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling

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:: height 7 centimeters and diameter 23 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

Museum number:: 1-20833
Culture or time period:: Klamath River Tribes
Object class:: Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions, 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling, and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 36 centimeters
Collector:: Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection place:: Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: 1885-1908
Taxon:: Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax

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