Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Anishinaabe wooden cradleboard/baby carrier with woolen baby wrapper. Wrapper has geometric beaded designs as well as loom-woven porcupine quillwork and detellium shells.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

catalog data: "Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) artist"

Date Made or Date Range: ca. 1835
Materials

wood, silk (red), hide thong, wool? (brown), white cotton lining, glass beads (white, royal blue, med. blue,light pink,medium pink, burgundy, kelly green,golden yellow) , porcupine quills (white and dyed red and med. blue), dentellium,

Techniques or Format

carved and bent wood, tied together with thong; wool baby wrapper has flat stitched beadwork, stringed beads with dentellium shell, and loom-woven quillwork;

Motifs and Patterns

curvilinear designs in white beads on wool; abstract floral design beaded on silk ribbon; geometric patterned quillwork; top of headboard carved with heart-like and triangular shapes

Dimensions: 78.74 × 40.64 × 46.038 cm
Condition: good
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catalog data

Current Location: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E25409
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1946
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Deposit of the Andover Newton Theological School, 1946 (catalog data)
GKS Reference Number: 45063
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Eric Wohlin on 10 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

48.7, -84.6

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