Cradleboard

Date created
1875-1900
Culture/People
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Previous owner
Mac-wu's-tha-wi'-ga, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Collection History
Collected from Mac-wu's-tha-wi'-ga (a Ho-Chunk woman living among the Meskwaki) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place
Iowa; USA
See related items
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/7855
Barcode
027855.000
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Indigenous Term
ho ku' tci'
Object Name
Cradleboard
Media/Materials
Wood, glass bead/beads, brass bell/bells, hide thong/babiche, twine/string
Techniques
Carved, loom beadwork, gourd stitch/brick stitch/netted beadwork, strung
Dimensions
74 x 25 x 29 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6018d6a99-b887-4e2e-ba0f-127097a21bf8
Record ID
NMAI_29675