Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Carved and painted wooden cradleboard with cotton bag attached. Identified as "Iroquois" but looks more like it is Anishinaabe. (A.N.) According to catalog record, this cradleboard was made circa 1900. Harvey Collection

Date Made or Date Range: ca. 1900
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Catalog data

Materials

wood, wool flannel, cotton, hide thong, paint, metal wire

Techniques or Format

Board: top cut in rounded saw-tooth edge; criss-cross lines creating diamond patterns are carved on top with three cut-out hearts below. Board, outside of frame and bow are painted dark green. Frame: curved frame secured by hide thongs tied through holes in board. Bow is curved and so is frame. Moss bag is laced onto frame with hide thong. Bag is navy blue wool on outside and lined with white or natural-colored cotton muslin. Back: crossbar nailed to board. The bow is attached to the board through holes and nailed to back crossbar. Strap on back made of plaid flannel (cotton?); one of edges has hide drawstring sewn into it (attached to board with hide strung through holes in board). Metal wire is secured to strap (used for hanging?) Top of board has same carving as front.

Motifs and Patterns

hearts, criss-crossed lines

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

catalog record

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 984-20-10/59613
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: 1983
Collection Narratives and Histories

Made circa 1900. Sold by dealer Nadine Hurst (Hurst Gallery) to Byron Harvey III in 1983; Harvey donated it to PMAE in 1984.

GKS Reference Number: 45122
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

Catalog record says "New York State"

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