Baby carrier
Baby carrier
Baby carrier
Winnebago wooden baby carrier with adjustable bow. There are bundles of metal cones and bells tied onto the bow. Made prior to 1905.
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Wood, nails, hide thong, green paint or stain, metal rivets
One rivet at centre of bow in star shape with scalloped edges; rivets around front and sides of bow. Three bundles of metal tinklers and bells attached to metal rings are strung onto bow with hide thong. Residual green paint and some red showing through on the bow. Top of board had scalloped edges.
Provenance
Sold to Peabody Museum by Fred Harvey in 1905 ("Purchased from Fred Harvey by F.W. Putnam," Catalog data.)
About This GRASAC Record
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.