Cradle Board
29-10-90
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-10-90 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Algonkin |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Reservation 6 miles south of Maniwaki |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birchbark |
| Technique | Etched |
| Iconography | Flowers |
| Description | Birchbark cradle board, decorated with etched floral designs and interesting application of scalloped design around edge, on the back note variation of scalloped design. Cradle boards of this type are made for new born babies and are used sometimes until the child is a month old or more. This specimen is very important in that it is the only one which has been collected from the Algonquin. It is called wigwas tikinag n; wigwas "birchbark", tikinag n "cradle board". |
| Length | 54.93 cm |
| Width | 32 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
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