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Baby walker
Findspot:
Cambridgeshire
Period:
Date:
c. 1790
Material:
Wood
Dimensions:
H. 50cm; Dia. base 65.7cm
Baby walkers like this one were used from as early as the fifteenth century until the nineteenth century. They served a dual purpose: to help a child learn to walk and to protect it from falling into open fires at the home.
Collection information
Collection:
Museum of Cambridge
Accession No:
CAMFK:58b.53
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