Title |
Navajo baby in cradleboard [2] |
Subject |
Indians of North America; Photographs; Clothing and dress; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Cradleboards--Photographs; Navajo children--Photographs; Indian infants--West (U.S.)--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America |
Spatial Coverage |
Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah |
Keywords |
Cradle board; Cradle basket; Diné culture; Native Americans |
Tribe |
Navajo Nation |
Creator |
McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970 |
Description |
Color photograph of Awéétsáál - Literally baby crate, holding a small boy. The curved bow at the top of the cradle board and one of the back boards is visible in this photograph. The fabric and configuration of the ties are also clearly visible. The cradle board provides many conveniences for the Navajo mother, as well as comfort and safety for the baby. In the hogan, the child is safe from the fire, usually burning on the earth floor directly beneath the smoke hole in the roof. On horseback trips to the trading post or distant hogans the baby sleeps comfortably, the cradle board balanced on the mothers' lap and the front of the saddle. A Navajo baby asleep in his cradle board, on the counter in the trading post is a common sight. A baby boy wrapped in a blue blanket in a cradle board. |
Publisher |
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 |
Type |
Image/StillImage |
Format |
image/jpeg |
File Name |
P0092n01_14_134.tif |
Collection Name |
J. H. McGibbeny |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
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Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Conversion Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s66d8q6x |
Setname |
uaida_main |
ID |
388243 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d8q6x |