Une mère porteuseLivre d’astrologie, France, XIV siècle - Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, Latin 7344, fol. 7v.To allow women to move freely while carrying her newborn, numerous cradles adapted to small travels (to go to the fair, the mark) or long distance ones (pilgrimage) existed. A wooden basket, or, more comfortable a cradle with straps were quite common.
Eskimo Mother and Child, c. 1938
Frances Norma Loring, Canadian, 1881 - 1968
Plaster, patina, 190 cm
Gift of the Estates of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, 1983
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