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1954.2.77

Baby sling frame & unfinished sling. Frame consists of two parallel cylindrical pieces of wood with two cylindrical pieces of wood bound to them with ?coconut fibre in a x-shape. Unfinished woven continuous warp of diagonal stretchable weave wrapped around the frame, with three rectangular wooden laze rods inserted into the warp. [EH [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]

1954.2.77

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Collection type
Object
Description
Baby sling frame & unfinished sling. Frame consists of two parallel cylindrical pieces of wood with two cylindrical pieces of wood bound to them with ?coconut fibre in a x-shape. Unfinished woven continuous warp of diagonal stretchable weave wrapped around the frame, with three rectangular wooden laze rods inserted into the warp. [EH [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]
Geographical reference
Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana
Mazaruni River
Cultural groups
Akawaio
Person
Field collector Audrey Butt Colson
PRM source Audrey Butt Colson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1952
Date collected
1951 - 1952
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Coconut Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 610 mm, Depth: max 95 mm, Width: max 920 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.2.77

Search terms: Children and Childcare, Transport and Travel, Textile, Baby-carrier

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