Cradleboard

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Object Details

Culture/People

Mohawk

Previous owner

Charles M. Heffner (Charles Melvin Heffner/C. M. Heffner), Non-Indian, 1885-1978

Seller

Charles M. Heffner (Charles Melvin Heffner/C. M. Heffner), Non-Indian, 1885-1978

Presenter/funding source

Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-

Collection History

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1947 from Charles Melvin Heffner (1885-1978, a Reading, Pennsylvania, antiques dealer) using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).

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Date created

1850-1880

Catalog Number

21/441

Barcode

210441.000

Object Type

Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name

Cradleboard

Media/Materials

Wood, paint, hide thong/babiche

Techniques

Carved, drilled, pegged, painted

Dimensions

34 x 33.5 x 79 cm

Place

Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)

See related items

Mohawk

Transportation Items: Baby carriers

On View

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a96a38af-8566-4512-9db9-fe9269d0f06a

Record ID

NMAI_224681