Cradleboard

Cradleboards 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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