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cradleboard (Mu Hu Tah)

human history
  • Other Name

    cradleboard

  • Description

    cradleboard with cloche. A board that an infant is swaddled and strapped to, worn on a parent's back, from Arizona Native American peoples. Made from wood, animal hide, suede, and cane. A plank of wood for the frame with a rounded head end, 5 holes run down next to the edges with animal hide rope tied through the holes for securing the infant.

    A wooden neck support is located across the top end of the board; at the head end is a frame for a hood made from 4 arched pieces of cane that are tied at the sides with brown suede rope. A rope of animal hide is tied to the foot end of the frame runs over the hood and is secured at head end of the frame

  • Place
    Arizona/United States of America
  • Accession Date
    1920s
  • Other Id

    11828 (ethnology)

    41985 (US National Museum)

    573 (Number on object)

  • Department

    World

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