Seri Indian baby and cradle board [toy]. Willow stick cradle board with cloth baby [head only] covered with multicolored cotton “blanket” and lashed down with bright blue yarn. Black fabric backing, rust colored fabric “pillow”. H = 8”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Sonora, Seri
Culture or time period:
Seri
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
July 1971
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Willow (wood), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
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
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased: Museum of the American Indian, Haye Foundation, New York City. $3.95