Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "AN INFANT CARRIER; 24" LONG, 8" WIDE. HEAD RING 11" IN DIAMETER. THE WOODWORK, OR BOW, IS MADE OF MESQUITE WOOD, HELD TOGETHER BY SEVERAL SHORT CROSS PIECES OF PINE, NOTCHED AT THE ENDS, AND TIED ON BY STRIPS OF CALICO. THE MATTRESS AND HEAD RING ARE MADE OF PLAITED YUCCA LEAVES. THE HEAD RING IS SOME PROTECTION TO THE INFANT'S FACE AND EYES. THE EARLY MONTHS OF A PAPAGO BABY'S LIFE ARE SPENT IN SWADDLING CLOTHES; THE CHILD BEING CLOSELY LASHED DOWN TO SUCH A CRADLE. THEY MAY BE SEEN LEANING AGAINST THE SIDE WALLS OF THE INDIAN HOUSES OR HUNG UP ON A PEG CAUGHT UNDER THE BOW." ... PROVENIENCE NOTE: ACCORDING TO W.C. BARNES ("ARIZONA PLACE NAMES," UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, 1960, P.274), THE PAPAGO VILLAGE OF "PAN TAK" IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS COYOTE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Coyote, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174438-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 61 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Diameter - Head Ring
content: 28 cm