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Cloth Doll in Woven Cradleboard

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Cloth Doll in Woven Cradleboard
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Possibly Washoe basketry ( 13" h x 6" w x 5" d) . A cradleboard is a traditional kind of Native American baby carrier. The baby is swaddled (wrapped tightly in a small blanket) and strapped to a specially designed flat board, usually made of a wood plank (although some tribes wove them from basket fibers.) The cradleboard can then be carried in the mother's arms, worn on her back like a backpack for travel, propped up on the ground like a baby chair, or secured to a sled or travois for longer journeys. After horses were introduced to the Americas, cradleboards in some tribes began to be designed to hang off the side of a horse as well.

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FHWAC#: 26035