Model Of Childs Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: John P. Monteith
label: Donor Name
content: John B. Monteith
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT. MUS. REPT 1887, FIG. 17, P. 187. ALSO IN USNM REPT 1894; FIG. 207; P. 517." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "MODEL OF ... [BABY] BOARD OR CHILD'S CRADLE.--A THIN BOARD, WITH BUCKSKIN AND FLANNEL COVERING; DECORATED WITH BEAD-WORK AND PIECES OF SHELL. LENGTH 14 1/2 INCHES. WIDTH 5 1/2 INCHES. NEZ PERCES OF IDAHO. 23,845. COLLECTED BY JOHN B. MONTEITH." MATERIALS: WOOD, BUCKSKIN, WOOL CLOTH, COTTON CLOTH, GLASS BEADS AND SHELL PENDANTS, SEWN WITH SINEW AND THREAD. - F. PICKERING 1-28-1999
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 4, p. 63 in Grafe, Steven L., 1999, "Nez Perce Decorative Art of the 1870s," American Indian Art Magazine, 24(4). Identified there and on p. 64 as a model cradle, wood, buckskin, wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass beads, shell pendants, sinew and thread, 15" x 5 7/8" (38 x 15 cm.). Cradle is decorated with two four-pointed beadwork stars in the middle of its red wool headboard.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005302
label: USNM Number
content: E23845-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm