Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE BY BENDING A SAPLING 1/2" IN DIAMETER AND 6 FEET LONG INTO AN ARCH, THEN BRINGING THE TWO ENDS TOGETHER, AND FIXING THEM IN PLACE BY A BUCKSKIN TIE. THE KITE-SHAPED FRAME THUS MADE IS 30" LONG BY 14" WIDE. EIGHT THIN, FLAT CROSS-PIECES ARE TIED TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE FRAME 2 OR 3 INCHES APART. THEY ARE TIED IN POSITION WITH THONGS OF BUCKSKIN, COTTON STRIPS, AND SINEW. A SINGLE CORD OF BUCKSKIN AND MAGUEY FIBER 9 FEET LONG IS TIED TO THE FRAME NEAR THE CENTER OF ONE SIDE. THE SERI INFANT, WRAPPED IN DIRTY SWADDLING CLOTHES, WITH BARE FEET AND HEAD ONLY EXPOSED, IS FIRMLY LASHED TO THIS FRAME BY THE LONG TIE CORD ATTACHED TO THE SIDE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174497-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 76 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm