Babys Cradle, Complete
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 1901
label: Collection Date
content: 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=661, retrieved 3-31-2012: Cradle. The front of this fringed and beaded cradle is made of tanned hide and the back is covered with spotted deer fur. The small pouch that hangs from the front would have contained the child's umbilical cord, saved from birth, as well as amulets such as miniature paddles, arrowheads, or earrings. When children were older their mothers hung these amulet pouches around their necks for continuing spiritual protection.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Southeastern, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037750
label: USNM Number
content: E209580-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cradle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 62 cm