Cradle board and sunshade

Museum number:
1-234130a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3099
Object count:
2
Description:
Cradleboard with sunshade; (a) cradleboard: U-shaped wood with crosspieces, red/white woven wool strap; (b) wickerweave sunshade with interwoven red/white wool ornamentation, red cotton cloth band on one section.
Donor:
Jim Harner
Collection place:
Parker, La Paz County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; La Paz; Parker
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Collection date:
1955
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cradleboards
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Made for male baby (designated by red in woven band).
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(b)— diameter 33 centimeters and (a)— length 85 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cradle board and sunshade, accession number 1-234130a,b, described as Cradleboard with sunshade; (a) cradleboard: U-shaped wood with crosspieces, red/white woven wool strap; (b) wickerweave sunshade with interwoven red/white wool ornamentation, red cotton cloth band on one section.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cradle board and sunshade, accession number 1-234130a,b, described as Cradleboard with sunshade; (a) cradleboard: U-shaped wood with crosspieces, red/white woven wool strap; (b) wickerweave sunshade with interwoven red/white wool ornamentation, red cotton cloth band on one section.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cradle board and sunshade, accession number 1-234130a,b, described as Cradleboard with sunshade; (a) cradleboard: U-shaped wood with crosspieces, red/white woven wool strap; (b) wickerweave sunshade with interwoven red/white wool ornamentation, red cotton cloth band on one section.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board and sunshade, accession number 1-234130a,b, described as Cradleboard with sunshade; (a) cradleboard: U-shaped wood with crosspieces, red/white woven wool strap; (b) wickerweave sunshade with interwoven red/white wool ornamentation, red cotton cloth band on one section.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board and sunshade, accession number 1-234130a,b, described as Cradleboard with sunshade; (a) cradleboard: U-shaped wood with crosspieces, red/white woven wool strap; (b) wickerweave sunshade with interwoven red/white wool ornamentation, red cotton cloth band on one section.

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