Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT. MUS. REPT 1887, FIG. 6, P. 170. ALSO IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 206-A; P.516." FROM LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: " ... [BABY] CRADLE---FRAME AND BED. A WOODEN BOX, BOAT SHAPED, WITH PROJECTING HEAD-PIECE PAINTED. THE HEAD PART HELD TOGETHER BY ROPE FIBER; BEDDING OF STRIPPED BARK; SKIN COVER FOR BODY. LENGTH 2 FEET 3 INCHES. WIDTH 7 INCHES. DEPTH 4 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
label: Notes
content: Listed on page 43 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Aug 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bella Bella (Heiltsuk, Haíłzaqv)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004686
label: USNM Number
content: E20556-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 10 cm