Cradle

Museum number:

1-1

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Alternate number:

2001 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.13

Object count:

1

Description:

Baby cradle (similar in style to Pomo sitting cradles). The basket has bent willow warps and string wefts. A hoop, probably made of oak, is at the head of the cradle. White and blue commercial cloth carrying and securing straps, as well as one red fragment of cloth, are tied to the cradle.

Donor:

John Preston Stanley and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California

Culture or time period:

Wappo

Collector:

John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones

Collection date:

1901

Materials:

Oak (hoop), String (fiber product) (weft), and Willow (warp)

Taxon:

Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

6.1 Cradles and Swaddling

Accession date:

August 1901

Context of use:

This type of cradle is for the baby to sit in, with their legs hanging out. The hoop was used for carrying, protecting child from falls, and for attaching a sun shade.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

entire cradle— width 22.5 centimeters and entire cradle— length 30 centimeters

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