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Cradleboard
(Cheyenne), Early 20th Century
Wood, Native-tanned leather, glass beads, fabric, shells
Eiteljorg Museum. Gift: Courtesy of Harrison Eiteljorg.94.12.37
Cradleboard
Annabelle Blake (Yurok), 1989
Hazel sticks, spruce root willow?, abalone, shell, glass beads, sinew
Eiteljorg Museum.93.19
Third Mothers
The "third mother" was a source of comfort to infants. Wrapped in soft
fur or doeskin, then padded ... with dried moss or shredded bark, babies
were laced into the board during the day and taken out for the night.
As a baby grew, he learned to free his arms and unlace himself. Eventually
the child would crawl back to the board and demand to be (put back).
Don & Debra McQuiston, 1995
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