Baby carrier

Baby carrier

Baby carrier

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Introduction

Mohawk cradleboard from Akwesasne reserve, New York. Has cloth wrappings, board is carved and painted on the back. Made circa 1860 (catalog data).

Nation of Maker: Mohawk
Nation of Origin

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Place of Origin: Akwesasne
Date Made or Date Range: ca. 1860
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

wood, twine (?), hide thong (?), nails, cotton flannel, paint

Techniques or Format

board has scalloped edge at top; bow secured with nails, tied onto board with twine/hide thong. Wrapper in yellow flannel with black cotton tape. Remnants of paint found on bow/backboard. Back: crossbar secured with nails. Carved floral and bird designs and painted. Paint is worn away in some areas.

Motifs and Patterns

floral, bird

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

catalog data (collected by museum in 1907)

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 07-34-10/72476
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1907
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: sold to collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington by owner Louis Buck then sold to Peabody Museum (1907) (catalog data)
Previous Collectors: Louis Buck
Collection Narratives and Histories

sold to collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington by owner Louis Buck then sold to Peabody Museum (1907) (catalog data)

GKS Reference Number: 45114
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

45.00687, -74.65004

Source of Information about Places

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