Many tribes all across North America have used, and some continue using, cradleboards to carry their children at very young ages. Here at The Museum of Native American History, we have two great examples of cradleboards reaching from sea to shining sea. A Mohawk cradleboard dating to the late 1800s and a Paiute cradleboard dating to around the same time. While different, they offer the same amount of comfort and protection to a newborn child while giving their mother a range of motion to carry on with her day.
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