Model wooden cradle with hide lining and hide thongs. [MJD 08/10/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model wooden cradle with hide lining and hide thongs. [MJD 08/10/2013]
Long description: Model wooden cradle. The sides of the cradle are made of two bent pieces of wood. The bottom of the cradle is wooden. The base of the head is covered with animal hide. Inside the wooden frame is a birch bark base with leather cover over the top. There are leather thongs tied across the cradle and through the wooden sides, which are used to secure the baby in the cradle. There is a wooden handle at the head end. The cradle has an animal hide strip from the bottom to the head via the handle. Beadwork is stitched on this hide strip. [MJD 08/10/2013]
Geographical reference: Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia; Siberia
Cultural groups: Evenk; Tungus
Person: Field collector Maria Antonina Czaplicka; PRM source Maria Antonina Czaplicka; PRM source Committee for Anthropology, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1915
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Bead, Material Birch Bark Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Beadwork, Process Bent, Process Drilled
Dimensions: Height: max 243 mm, Width: max 193 mm, Length: max 510 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1915.50.72

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