Cradleboard and wrapper

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Date created: 1870-1890

Culture/People: Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Previous owner: Maggie Williams, 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 Maggie Williams (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: 1/4602
Barcode: 014602.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Native Term: ga ho'n shra

Object Name: Cradleboard and wrapper
Media/Materials: Wood, wool cloth, ribbon
Techniques: Carved, cutout, incised, sewn

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d06e2da2-7a28-4c3e-809a-99539992d1e2

Record ID: NMAI_15699