Baby Carrier
Item number 3591/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number 3591/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Baby carrier made of hide stretched over a wood frame; long sides are rounded, short ends are straight. Wood frame consists of thick carved pieces and split branches; carved pieces make up top and bottom sections of frame, branches form sides. Carved wood pieces are secured with nails; branches bound with floral-patterned fabric. Hide is stitched around top rim of cradle and along short edges. Additional floral-patterned fabric is wrapped around the carved wood sections of the frame. Raised semi-circle extends from top edge, at head of cradle.
Used to hold and carry a baby.
Found by the donor's mother in 1961, at an old homestead at Nimpo Lake (West Chilcotin region).
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Baby carrier made of hide stretched over a wood frame; long sides are rounded, short ends are straight. Wood frame consists of thick carved pieces and split branches; carved pieces make up top and bottom sections of frame, branches form sides. Carved wood pieces are secured with nails; branches bound with floral-patterned fabric. Hide is stitched around top rim of cradle and along short edges. Additional floral-patterned fabric is wrapped around the carved wood sections of the frame. Raised semi-circle extends from top edge, at head of cradle.
Found by the donor's mother in 1961, at an old homestead at Nimpo Lake (West Chilcotin region).
Used to hold and carry a baby.
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