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Karrimor Papoose

Accession Number

1025.2012.1

Object Name

Karrimor Papoose

Created

31/10/2012

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

31/10/2012

Brief Description

Adjustable child carrier with canvas carrying straps

Materials

canvas, metal

Dimensions

53(l) x 33(w) x23(d) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On label"PAPOOSE KARRIMOR WEATHERTITE PRODUCTS LIMITED BELL ST. HASLINGDEN LANCS ENGLAND PAT NO 1009325" and the initials "KP" in a logo

Colour

blue,cream

Maker

Karrimor

Object Production Place

Haslingden,England

Provenance

Papoose is the Algonquian Indian for a child, though the word seems to have been adapted to mean a device for 'carrying' a child. Cradleboard is another word used for the same kind of thing but papoose sounds better and that's probably why Karrimor decided to use the word for their child carrier when it first came out back in the 1960's and we wonder if this was the first child carrier produced purely for recreational purposes.
Anyway, our old friend Chris Robinson donated this particular 'papoose' to the collection, providing us with this wee note at the same time:_
"It once bore my son Neil up Cow Hill. As I was running down I tripped and he was catapulted, human cannonball like, into a clump of heather ten yards away. No surprise he took to canoeing rather than base jumping!"

Acquisition Method

Donated by Chris Robinson

Acquisition Date

31/10/2012

Condition Check Date

31/10/2012

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

31/10/2012

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