Navajo (Diné) Complete Cradleboard [SOLD]

Traditional Navajo today still make cradleboards from juniper or cedar wood. The cradleboard, a gift of the Holy People, embodies a child's mother, the earth, in the long boards. The cross boards are their father, the sun. Blankets of clouds and ties of sheet lightning and lightning bolts hold the child fast. Over their head, a shade bent like a rainbow keeps them safe.

This cradleboard is in very good condition. A section of one of the long boards broke off and has been glued back on. It is hardly distinguishable.

Note: an example of how a baby looks on a cradleboard is viewable by clicking on the second detail image link above.