Baby Cradle
Copper Lillie, Tutchone / Canadian, 20th century
Tutchone
Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic
collected 1948
Barkbirch and spruce root
Overall: 14 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (38 × 24 cm)
Overall: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition
48.58.10988
Geography
Place Made: Burwash Landing, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Transportation: Human, Baby Carrier
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Elmer Harp, Jr. on the Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition, Burwash Landing, Yukon Territory, 1948; given to present collection, 1948.
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