Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Winnebago wooden baby carrier with adjustable bow. There are bundles of metal cones and bells tied onto the bow. Made prior to 1905.

Nation of Maker: Winnebago
Date Made or Date Range: before 1905
Materials

Wood, nails, hide thong, green paint or stain, metal rivets

Techniques or Format

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.

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 05-34-10/65403
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1905
Collection Narratives and Histories

Sold to Peabody Museum by Fred Harvey in 1905 ("Purchased from Fred Harvey by F.W. Putnam," Catalog data.)

GKS Reference Number: 45104
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

44.736, -88.788

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