Cradleboard

The weigh-in board (English cradleboard ) is a support device for infants, and was used especially in the North American Indians. The weigh-in board was worn on the back, side hung on the horse, mounted in a tepee and wigwam on poles, or just leaning upright somewhere. It had the form of a solid bag, leaving only the head and sometimes the baby's arms free. The weigh-in board was padded in the back behind the head and fed with spring down, moss, soft animal skins or cotton. Depending on the strain weighing boards consisted of different materials and had different forms. Weigh boards were kept on in the family and used it again and again. They were in many tribes as sacred. Frequently, whittled the number of babies who had been born in it, into it as notches. Normally, a baby was about a year in the cradle or until it could walk. The baby died, however, weighing board was often buried with him.

In many Asian nations, there are similar Tragevorrichtuingen for children. When the seeds this carrying cradle is called Komse.