CRADLE BOARD BABY DREAM CATCHER.................$45.00
I have created this "Cradle Board Baby" from a variety of
natural materials. It is 12" tall & approximately 7" wide
and can be hung on the wall (from the leather cord on the back),
or set on a shelf. The baby is fashioned from a small gourd and
is tucked into a deer hide robe. A rabbit fur ruff surrounds
the sleeping face & the baby wears a little necklace of bone
& glass beads.
The cradle frame is constructed from beaver chewed sticks
The sticks are lashed together with sinew & have several
coats of tung oil which brings out the beautiful patterns
created by the beaver's gnawing. A dream catcher is woven
across the top panel. It is woven from artificial sinew.
The bead work decorations are : turquoise, sea shell,
genuine pearl, shell, glass, horn, wood & bone.
Cradle boards were a unique way Native Americans carried
their babies. Design & decorations varied among tribes.
Dream catchers are for catching bad dreams of sleeping children.