Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Anishinaabe (Southeastern Ojibwa) wooden cradleboard, painted and carved. Has a cotton moss bag attached with embroidery in a butterfly motif. Created prior to 1983.

Date Made or Date Range: late 20th century (before 1983)
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

wood, cotton, wool flannel, hide and hide thong, nails, aluminum

Techniques or Format

Moss bag: navy, dark green and yellow plaid flannel lined with brown cotton; strips of hide on front with holes for lacing hide thong; front is also edged with green ric-rac. Inside bag lined with (possibly) very fine beige flannel which is embroidered in floral motif. Secured to frame with metal wire. Board: painted dark green; top has scalloped edging and engraving with triangles and diagonal lines. Back: Same carved design as front. Strip of hide nailed to back crossbar; fringed with aluminum (recycled cans) cones. Knit woolen strap held with hide thong laced through holes in the back board. Has a cotton cover embroidered with butterfly designs and edged in same ric-rac as bag.

Motifs and Patterns

butterflies, flowers

Condition: very good
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: 984-20-10/59612
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1984
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1983
Collection Narratives and Histories

Sold by dealer John Nichols in 1983 to Byron Harvey, III. Gift to Peabody Museum in 1984 (Catalog data)

GKS Reference Number: 45103
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

43.6, -71.9

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