| Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0013-0032 |
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| Category |
Basketry |
| Object Name |
Baby carrier / cradleboard |
| Culture |
Western Mono |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
California |
| County |
Madera, Fresno |
| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1960s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Willow (Salix sp.) or sourberry (Rhus trilobata) shoots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Commercial cloth; Thread |
| Description |
Baby carrier consisting of flat, rectangular backboard and arched hoop support for sun shade; Backboard woven in diagonal twining; Hoop woven in plain twining; Bottom edge wrapped in white cloth; Black cloth looped along sides for tying baby inside carrier; Redbud designs consist of alternating bands of exposed warp rods and twined bands on backboard, and simple zigzag line on hoop; Carriers of this type are known as receiving cradles and are made before a child's birth and thus are lacking any gender-specific designs on the protective arch; Such cradles would be used for a baby's first three or four months, until he or she outgrew it. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 29.0, Width = 31.2, Length = 67.5 |