Cradle board

Museum number:
2-65890
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3709
Object count:
1
Description:
Yellow-dyed buckskin trimmed with white and varicolored glass seed beads; twined peeled and curved shoots with yellow-dyed buckskin cover acts as sunshade; two beaded buckskin flaps in front over lacing hole; fringe at top on back; buckskin sleeve fits over a wood board.
Donor:
George Bangle and Mrs. George Bangle
Collection place:
Ouray Agency, Uintah County, Utah
Verbatim coll. place:
Utah; Ouray Agency
Culture or time period:
Ute
Collector:
John McAndrews
Collection date:
ca. 1884-1892
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradleboards, and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Context of use:
Cradleboard.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 65.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cradle board, accession number 2-65890, described as Yellow-dyed buckskin trimmed with white and varicolored glass seed beads; twined peeled and curved shoots with yellow-dyed buckskin cover acts as sunshade; two beaded buckskin flaps in front over lacing hole; fringe at top on back; buckskin sleeve fits over a wood board.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cradle board, accession number 2-65890, described as Yellow-dyed buckskin trimmed with white and varicolored glass seed beads; twined peeled and curved shoots with yellow-dyed buckskin cover acts as sunshade; two beaded buckskin flaps in front over lacing hole; fringe at top on back; buckskin sleeve fits over a wood board.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cradle board, accession number 2-65890, described as Yellow-dyed buckskin trimmed with white and varicolored glass seed beads; twined peeled and curved shoots with yellow-dyed buckskin cover acts as sunshade; two beaded buckskin flaps in front over lacing hole; fringe at top on back; buckskin sleeve fits over a wood board.

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