Sentences with word «cradleboard»

That's part of the function of cradleboards.

Dubbed Suki, which is a Lakota word meaning «to be loved by somebody», this carrier is based on the versatility of traditional cradleboards of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, which are generally built with a protective structural frame that keeps baby safe, and which can be carried on the back, propped up or laid flat.

The Navajo mothers would take their babies with them everywhere and even created cradleboards, a type of infant carrier, to carry their babies with them when collecting food or tending to crops.

Many of these little gems will be hung in the Bear River Artworks Gallery, opening May 18, 2018 They are acrylic paintings on watercolour paper, mounted on birchwood cradleboard and signed on the back.

To address that issue, Munich, Germany based designer Daniela Gardeweg created this multifunctional baby carrier that looks a bit like a soft - structured carrier that's inspired by Native American cradleboards, and which can also convert into a convenient cradle and rocker that will help keep baby asleep.

Part of the carrier can also be folded to form a protective cap, much like traditional cradleboards that often had some form of head protection.

The Cheyenne had other delightful practices, such as leaving crying babies, in their cradleboards [no skin to skin here!]

In the Nordic countries, we find extremely complex carriers, called Komse, which are cradleboards that would not look out of place in many North American First Nations cultures.

Cradleboards were used during periods when the infant's mother had to travel or otherwise be mobile for work... The cradleboard could be carried on the mother's back... The cradleboard can also be stood up against a large tree or rock if the infant is small, or hung from a pole (as inside an Iroquois longhouse), or even hung from a sturdy tree branch...