General note:
First Nations and Métis women traditionally used cradleboards and moss bags to protect and swaddle their infants. The bag is made of hide, fabric or cloth, and elaborately beaded by the women of a family. The bag is then filled with moss to keep the baby dry and act as a disposable diaper.
Source of title:
Title assigned by the archivist.
Availability of other formats note:
Copy transparency available: PA-181746
Dates of creation note:
The photo was dated as 1912 by the Canadian Museum of History.
Associated material note:
A b&w negative of this image is held at the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec. Control no. 21935.
Series added entry:
[Photographs of Haudenosaunee communities] [graphic material]