papoose

00:52 Feb 15, 2008 

I must add that leaving it in English is not an option. It's not up to me, all the descriptions to the photographs will be translated into Spanish. Thanks to all!

00:41 Feb 15, 2008 

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to look this up. After speaking to my client, I've found out this is a photograh and not a painting, as I thought. It's not a title either, but rather a phrase to describe the photo. But, even so, it needs to be translated. We've come to the conclusion that the person who wrote it meant travois, as Patricia pointed out, and mistook it for a papoose. We cannot correct it, my client said it needs to be translated as it is. I'm waiting for the 24 hours to close the question, but tabla-cuna sounds like the best option for this context. You guys are the best! Thank you for all the suggestions, links, and comments.

00:38 Feb 15, 2008 

And finally, it's the artist who chose this title, and he obviously knows the difference between dragging a child and dragging a travois. So, one must respect the artist's meaning. (I know! my wife is an artist ;-)

00:34 Feb 15, 2008 

shows that it's the travois that is being dragged. Likewise, the title "Mujer a Caballo Arrastrando Papoose" sounds awful, but the painting itself would easily explain the title.

00:31 Feb 15, 2008 

If you want to translate the title, without leaning too much on technicalities, it would be something like "Mujer a Caballo Arrastrando Papoose (or Niño)". The original sounds as though the papoose is being dragged (horrors!) yet the painting apparently

19:06 Feb 14, 2008 

Thank you Patricia. It looks like what they really meant to say was travois, that sounds exactly like what's in the painting. My problem is that I need to translate what's on the title, and it does say "papoose". I think Marsha's idea might fit best.

18:59 Feb 14, 2008 

Teju: In English, it's called a travois (really a French word, of course); I don't know what it's called in Spanish. See here under T and note the illustration
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmglossary1.html
Good luck!

18:55 Feb 14, 2008 

Más información de mi cliente: me dice que el papoose a veces se usaba para cargar otras cosas, suministros, víveres, etc.

18:44 Feb 14, 2008 

Debería haber agregado, que para complicar las cosas, en este cuadro se ve un caballo que arrastra lo que parece ser dos o tres palos unidos toscamente. Disculpen mi despiste, como verán, esto complica bastante la traducción en este contexto.

18:42 Feb 14, 2008 

No quiero que se pierda el detalle de que esto es algo rústico, hecho por los indios, no es una mochila cualquiera que se compra en una tienda.