Elm Bark Cradle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Nov 1940
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William N. Fenton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William N. Fenton
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Bark cradles preceded wooden cradle boards among Iroquois. Made by Henry Red Eye, Onondaga, 1934."
label: Notes
content: See p. 321 in Fenton, William Nelson, William A. Starna, and Jack Campisi. 2009. William Fenton: selected writings. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Fenton describes Henry Redeye in 1933 as making elm bark bowls to exhibit at the New York State Fair and as showing him an elm bark cradle. Fenton also says he lived in the Redeye household in the summer of 1934.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Quaker Bridge, Cattaraugus County / Allegany Reservation, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Onondaga
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 158251
label: USNM Number
content: E381245-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle