Basket baby-carrier

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Culture/People
Moapa Paiute
Previous owner
Annie Bowlin, Moapa Paiute
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Collection History
Collected from Annie Bowlin (Moapa Paiute) in 1925 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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Catalog Number
14/1816
Barcode
141816.000
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Indigenous Term
kan
Object Name
Basket baby-carrier
Media/Materials
Willow, cotton cloth, hide
Techniques
Twined, laced
Place
Moapa, Moapa River Reservation; Clark County; Nevada; USA
See related items
Moapa Paiute
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_152497
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67f5bf473-c4a6-406c-9222-3cb65fa1aa74
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