Cradleboard

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Date created: 1850-1880

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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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

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

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

Record ID: NMAI_224681