Antique Native American Papoose Cradle Board

An Indian basket papoose cradle board 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 cradle board 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 travel for longer journeys. After horses were introduced to the Americas, cradle boards in some tribes began to be designed to hang off the side of a horse as well.
measures: 29" height x 12" wide x 14" deep.