Cradle

Museum number:
1-12484
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012484
Alternate number:
1702 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Object count:
1
Description:
Basket for new born baby; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Said to be used for newly born baby.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 66 centimeters and width 31 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For material see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 30
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-12484, described as Basket for new born baby; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle, accession number 1-12484, described as Basket for new born baby; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-12484, described as Basket for new born baby; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-12484, described as Basket for new born baby; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).

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