Cradle

Museum number:

1-10259

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010259

Alternate number:

382 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254

Object count:

1

Description:

Cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Hood of Deer brush (Ceanothus integerrimus) twined with yellow and red cloth. Open diagonal twined; with headpiece ornamented with red cloth and yarn. Described as "new" when collected. Decoration: red diamond design on headpiece.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Wawona, Mariposa County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Mariposa; Wawona

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Maker or artist:

Ellen Amos [Miwok]

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Deer brush, Redbud, and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Ceanothus integerrimus, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving

Function:

6.1 Cradles and Swaddling

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used to hold small children.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

17.5 centimeters, 29 centimeters, and length 74.5 centimeters

Comment:

Native name and meaning: "hiki" - baby basket, "tcokimme" - head protector. Materials: For further information, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 42. Photo: 15-5003. Published: Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 78, pl. 39.

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