| For good luck the umbilical cord was sown into a small hide pouch and attached to the cradleboard. |
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| Until he was able to walk, an Iroquois baby spent his days secured to a cradleboard. |
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| Even when we were babies, I believe he lay waiting in his cradleboard, his tikinaagan, to burn me. |
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| We unveiled these at once — a cradleboard not as good as mine, large birch-bark winnowing baskets, a beadworked footstool, a drum. |
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| The protruding hoop on the cradleboard served to protect the child's head during an accidental fall. |
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