cradleboard
Sign in to savethumb|A Navajo-style cradleboard thumb|right|A Skolts|Skolt Sámi mother with her child in a ǩiõtkâm Cradleboards (, Navajo: awéétsʼáál, , , , , Kazakh: бесік, Kyrgyz: бешік) are traditional protective baby-carriers used by many indigenous cultures in North America, throughout northern Scandinavia among the Sámi, and in the traditionally nomadic cultures of Central Asia. There are a variety of styles of cradleboard. Many Central Asian communities and some indigenous communities in North America still use cradleboards.
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- Structure
- Use
- Modern-day use
- Developmental dysplasia of the hips
- See also
- External links
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thumb|A Navajo-style cradleboard thumb|right|A Skolts|Skolt Sámi mother with her child in a ǩiõtkâm Cradleboards (, Navajo: awéétsʼáál, , , , , Kazakh: бесік, Kyrgyz: бешік) are traditional protective baby-carriers used by many indigenous cultures in North America, throughout northern Scandinavia among the Sámi, and in the traditionally nomadic cultures of Central Asia. There are a variety of styles of cradleboard. Many Central Asian communities and some indigenous communities in North America still use cradleboards.
==Structure== thumb|Atikamekw cradleboard Cradleboards are used for the first few months of an infant's life, when a portable carrier for the baby is a necessity. Some cradleboards are woven, as with the Apache. Woven cradleboards are made of willow, dogwood, tule, or cattail fibres. Wooden cradleboards are made by the Iroquois and Penobscot. Navajo cradleboards are made with a Ponderosa pine frame with buckskin laces looped through the frame.