Cradleboards
Cradleboards are craft, as well as functional decorative arts that are used to carry babies by the Native Peoples. |  | |
Cradle Boards are a traditional carrier for the babies. The young are swaddled in a blanket and tucked down into the Deer skin pouch and bound up tightly before being put on the back of the Mother. Different tribes make different variations of this same idea.
Deerskin, willow and beadwork cradleboard by Navajo Mary Turtle. Measures 31 inches tall and is 16 1/2 inches at the widest. Done in the style of Ute mountain beadworking.
Deerskin, willow and beadwork cradleboard by Navajo, Mary Turtle. Measures 28 tall by 14 inches at the widest. Done in the style of the Ute Mountain Ute.
