Used to carry and protect babies.
Royal Ontario Museum
Wood; cedar root; cherry bark; grass
Length 62.0 cm Width 26.5 cm Depth 10.5 cm
HN1301
©1996 - the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto). All Rights Reserved.
CULTURAL CONTEXT : Infant care; used to protect and transport infants.
DESCRIPTION : This deep-rimmed cradle is made with the coiled weaving technique of split cedar root wrapped around a coil foundation of wood and grass. The back of the cradle is flat and oval. The sides have an imbricated pattern of brown and black in a chevron design. There is a slot in the centre of the squared end of the cradle through which a wood tube was inserted as a conduit for the baby’s urine. Gift of Mrs. Leila Senkler.
GEO-CULTURAL AREA : Plateau
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP : Salishan
CULTURE : Interior Salish
PROVINCE : British Columbia
PERIOD : early-mid 20th Century
MATERIAL : Wood; cedar root; cherry bark; grass
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE : Woven; coiled weaving
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE : Imbricated
DESCRIPTION : This deep-rimmed cradle is made with the coiled weaving technique of split cedar root wrapped around a coil foundation of wood and grass. The back of the cradle is flat and oval. The sides have an imbricated pattern of brown and black in a chevron design. There is a slot in the centre of the squared end of the cradle through which a wood tube was inserted as a conduit for the baby’s urine. Gift of Mrs. Leila Senkler.
GEO-CULTURAL AREA : Plateau
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP : Salishan
CULTURE : Interior Salish
PROVINCE : British Columbia
PERIOD : early-mid 20th Century
MATERIAL : Wood; cedar root; cherry bark; grass
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE : Woven; coiled weaving
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE : Imbricated
CULTURAL CONTEXT : Infant care; used to protect and transport infants.
DESCRIPTION : This deep-rimmed cradle is made with the coiled weaving technique of split cedar root wrapped around a coil foundation of wood and grass. The back of the cradle is flat and oval. The sides have an imbricated pattern of brown and black in a chevron design. There is a slot in the centre of the squared end of the cradle through which a wood tube was inserted as a conduit for the baby’s urine. Gift of Mrs. Leila Senkler.
GEO-CULTURAL AREA : Plateau
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP : Salishan
CULTURE : Interior Salish
PROVINCE : British Columbia
PERIOD : early-mid 20th Century
MATERIAL : Wood; cedar root; cherry bark; grass
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE : Woven; coiled weaving
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE : Imbricated
DESCRIPTION : This deep-rimmed cradle is made with the coiled weaving technique of split cedar root wrapped around a coil foundation of wood and grass. The back of the cradle is flat and oval. The sides have an imbricated pattern of brown and black in a chevron design. There is a slot in the centre of the squared end of the cradle through which a wood tube was inserted as a conduit for the baby’s urine. Gift of Mrs. Leila Senkler.
GEO-CULTURAL AREA : Plateau
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP : Salishan
CULTURE : Interior Salish
PROVINCE : British Columbia
PERIOD : early-mid 20th Century
MATERIAL : Wood; cedar root; cherry bark; grass
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE : Woven; coiled weaving
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE : Imbricated
©1996 - the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto). All Rights Reserved.
Learning Objectives
The learner will:- Identify some traditional materials and manufacture methods utilized by Canadian Plateau peoples
- Identify some objects made by Canadian Plateau peoples and their uses
