Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Sep 1898
label: Collection Date
content: 1897 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: John B. Hatcher
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CRADLE, CARRIER, AWNING AND BEDDING."
label: Notes
content: See pp. 160 - 162, and Figs. 19 and 20, in Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, J. B. Hatcher, J. Pierpont Morgan, William Earl Dodge Scott, William Berryman Scott, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, et al. 1901. Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. J. B. Hatcher in Charge. Vol. 1. Princeton: The University. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23491160. Hatcher indicates that he went to Tehuelche villages on the Coy River (Rio Coig) and collected artifacts there. He notes on p. 160: "From Gallegos [Rio Gallegos] we visited some Indian villages on the upper course of the south fork of Coy River and distant about seventy-five miles. Our purpose in visiting these Indians was to secure a series of photographs and procure material illustrating their arts and industries sufficient for reconstructing a family group [mannequin group] for the United States National Museum, that institution having given us a commission to do this work." On p. 161 he specifically notes purchasing a cradle, illustrated in Fig. 19, which is presumably E178406A. Photos of what may be this cradle in use on the back of a horse are in the collections of the National Anthropological Archives. See for example Photo Lot 97 DOE So Amer: Patagonia: Tehuelche: NM 35895 04313800, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ba42f68b-211e-4ab3-a005-e7ea5de5870e . Photos were taken near the Coy (Coig) River, February 1898. This cradle was used in the old Tehuelche mannequin group, "Family Group of the Tehuelche Indians". Various versions of this group were on display for a number of years, including finally in NMNH Exhibit Hall 11, Case 53, and the majority, if not all of the artifacts in the case/on the mannequins came from the John Bell Hatcher collections. You can see a photo of one version online: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-2807, https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_367782 . See also Neg. # 43595H, print filed in Hall 11 exhibit book, case 53.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Coy River (Rio Coig), Patagonia, Argentina, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tehuelche (Aónikenk)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 033958
label: USNM Number
content: E178406A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle / Robe