cradleboard

cradleboard

cradleboard

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Introduction

A Hodenosaunee cradleboard from the Six Nations of the Grand River, collected by Stewart Culin in the Buffalo area at the time of the great exposition of 1901. A Great Tree of Peace motif is carved on the outer surface of the foot board.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Museum documentation.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s-1901
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

wood; native tanned thong; eight screws.

Techniques or Format

Made of wood. Metal screws secure the foot board and hoop to the main board. The native tanned thong binds the hoop to the board. It is decorated with motifs carved into the board.

Motifs and Patterns

Diamonds and the Great Tree of Peace.

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

This cradleboard was collected during John Wanamaker's expedition in 1901.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 38507
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1901
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Stewart Culin in the Buffalo area at the time of the great exposition of 1901.

GKS Reference Number: 24741
Record Creation Context

GRASAC site research visit by Alan Corbiere, David Penney, Stacey Loyer, Ruth Phillips and William Wierzbowski (curator) on December 2, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

48.7, -84.6

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