Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Haudenosaunee carved wooden cradleboard or baby carrier, made by Timothy General (member of the Cayuga nation, Six Nations reserve, Ontario) before 1944.

Name of Maker(s): Timothy General
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Catalog data

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: before 1944
Materials

wood, bark, leather hide thong, spruce root, nails

Techniques or Format

rounded foot-board; bow secured with spruce root; sides of bow has carved interlocking zig-zags creating a diamond pattern and painted/stained red; front of bow carved with single zig zag; top of board has saw-tooth edging; board constructed of single piece of bark--back shows outside of bark and front is sanded smooth

Motifs and Patterns

zig-zags and diamond patterns (on bow only)

Dimensions: 53.34 × 30.48 × 8.255 cm
Condition: poor
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

museum purchase in 1944 (catalog data)

Current Location: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E25244
GKS Reference Number: 45094
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

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Catalog data: from Six Nations reserve, Ontario, Canada (catalog says "New York," but Six Nations is located in Ontario- WC)

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