Cradle
29-194-2
From: United States of America | Alaska | Chena (Alaska)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-194-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dene |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Chena (Alaska) |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Glass | Flannel | Buckskin |
| Description | Birch-bark. Strengthening wythe bound to edge with close lashing. Birch-bark "strap" attached to lower edge and held to sides of cradle by buckskin thongs. Lined throughout with canton-flannel. Ornamented with large glass beads strung on thongs around top and on "strap". |
| Length | 50.8 cm |
| Width | 31.75 cm |
| Depth | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from F. B. Drane, 1918 |
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