Cradle Boards and Baskets

Babies are carried on the backs of their mothers in uniquely beautiful ways in many Native American cultures. This is an assortment of cradle boards and baskets and photographs of babies from the SRJC Museum collections.
Western Mono Cradle Board
Photograph of Mono baby in cradleboard
Western Mono Cradle Board
Photograph of Mono Women with Cradleboard
Photograph of a Paiute woman with a child in cradle board
Pomo Cradle Basket
Photograph of a Pomo child in cradle basket
Miniature Pomo Cradle Basket
Miniature Mono or Yokut Cradle Basket
Miniature Pomo Cradle Basket
Sierra Miwok Baby in Cradle Board -Postcard
Miniature Hupa Cradle Basket
Cradle Basket - Klamath River area
Miniature Hupa Cradle Basket
Photo of an Apache woman with baby on cradle board
Cradle Basket, Klamath River area
Paiute Cradle Canopy
Photograph of California woman with baby on cradleboard

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