Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Wooden Anishninaabe style cradlboard, carved and painted, with cloth wrap. Wrapper is decorated with floral beadwork. Attributed as Monominee?; Potawatomi; Winnebago? (from catalogue data)
Made prior to 1916; donated by Byron Harvey III, 1984.

Nation of Origin

Monominee?; Potawatomi; Winnebago? (from catalogue data)

Date Made or Date Range: before 1916
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

catalog data

Materials

wood, hide thong, twine, velvet (wool?), wool shearling, cotton ribbon, glass beads

Techniques or Format

Wrap: tied onto the bow at top with ribbon; appears that there was also ribbon at the bottom at one time. Floral beadwork over black velvet. Bow: bent, attached to board with thong. Ends are also connected by holes in back crossbar. Also has thong hanging in middle through hole (might have had something attached to it?). Frame: appears to be bent wood at two angles at the bottom. Has holes in it (for cover?). Attached to board with hide thong. Frame appears to have been stained (worn off in some places). Back: top and bottom crossbars are attached to board with screws.

Motifs and Patterns

flowers (beadwork on cover)

Other Notes

Frame and cover appear to be newer than the board.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

catalog data

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 984-20-10/59610
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1984
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: donated by Byron Harvey III
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1916
Collection Narratives and Histories

collected by Richard Hamby in 1916; donated by Byron Harvey III in 1984 (catalogue data)

GKS Reference Number: 45118
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Meredith Vasta on 11-12 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

from Wisconsin Dells (catalog data)

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