Cradle, Carved & Painted
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: Romeyn B. Hough
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Franklin B. Hough
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TAPERED BOARD PAINTED GREEN ON UPPER SIDE AND SHARPLY INCLINED FROM SHORT GREEN BOARD NAILED TO FOOT TO TALL GREEN HANDLE SECURED TO HEAD BY BEING WEDGED INTO SERIALLY-KNOBBED SPINDLE OF MULTI-COLORED WOOD ACROSS UNDERSIDE WITH FIRM LASHING ON BOTH ENDS OF EACH SIDE, HIGHER END SERIALLY GROOVED, UNDERSIDE INTRICATELY CARVED AND PAINTED IN DIVERSE COLORS, WITH PROFUSION OF FLORAL DESIGNS AND 2 BIRDS WITH RICH, LONG PLUMAGE [PEACOCKS?] NEAR TOP IDENTIFIED AS MOHAWK BY W. STURTEVANT 8/25/75. LOANED TO THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN 09/13/76." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "IROQUOIS ... [BABY] FRAME.--A THIN BOARD, NOTCHED AT UPPER END; FRAME OVER THE HEAD; RAISED REST FOR FEET; BACK OF BOARD ELABORATELY CARVED AND PAINTED IN BRIGHT COLORS. LENGTH 2 FEET 5 INCHES. WIDTH 10 1/2 INCHES. ST. REGIS, N.Y., 1875. 18,806. COLLECTED BY R. B. HOUGH."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Franklin County / St. Regis (Akwesasne) Reservation, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004245
label: USNM Number
content: E18806-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26.7 cm