Cradleboard and wrapper

Date created
1870-1890
Culture/People
Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Previous owner
Ellen General (Mrs. Jacob General), Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller
Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists
Collection History
Collected from Ellen General (Six Nations Cayuga) in 1907 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member); purchased by George Heye, presumably from Harrington's firm, Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists (New York City), in 1907.
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Place
Six Nations Grand River Reserve; Brant County, Haldimand County; Ontario; Canada
See related items
Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
1/4601
Barcode
014601.000
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Object Name
Cradleboard and wrapper
Media/Materials
Wood, wool cloth, cotton tape, thread, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Carved, bent, sewn, overlay beadwork
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6119889fb-a24a-4b95-b69a-ebae4676fc7a
Record ID
NMAI_15698