Baby Carrier
Item number 2964/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Heavily beaded baby carrier. The back piece is made of a thick, flat board of wood, rounded at top, narrowing considerably toward bottom, covered in hide. The front top of the board is beaded with a pattern of flowers of (from top) blue, brown, red and yellow with blue, all attached to green vines with leaves. The background is white beads. The bottom front half of the board is a leather tie-up bag with a canvas collar into which a baby can be placed. Over this is black velvet, beaded with three multicoloured, large flowers connected by a black and white vine. Green scalloped material edges the apron. The back side is red fabric with a blue and yellow flower pattern. On the back of the carrier is a belt attached at both sides.
Narrative
Noted as being from St. Mary's Reserve, near Cranbrook. The donor was related, through her mother, Ida McKinney (nee Clark), to Andrew and Mae Clark. The Clarks (her mother's aunt and uncle) were homesteaders on a property near Cranbrook, near St. Mary's Reserve. Apparently gifts were exchanged between the family and their Ktunaxa neighbours on the reserve. These two pieces, 2964/1-2, were said to have been given by the Clarks to the donor's mother in the 1920s or 1930s.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada between 1900 and 1940
- Owned by Mary Newman before August 2, 2012
- Received from Mary Newman (Donor) on August 2, 2012
What
- Name
- Baby Carrier
- Identification Number
- 2964/1
- Type of Item
- carrier
- Material
- skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, wood, glass ? and plastic ?
- Overall
- height 68.4 cm, width 32.3 cm, depth 11.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Ktunaxa
- Previous Owner
- Mary Newman
- Received from
- Mary Newman (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1940
- Ownership Date
- before August 2, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on August 2, 2012
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork; textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2964/0001
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