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Amongst North American Indians, historically the first
two years of a baby’s life were spent in cradles. In many
regions, a baby was wrapped in soft sphagnum moss. Baby and moss
were then placed in a ‘moss bag’, which was laced on
to a cradleboard. The board could be strapped to a mother’s
back, or hung from a tree or saddle whilst the mother worked nearby.
This moss was collected in Manitoba, Canada in 1925–7.
View
database record 1935.32.15
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