moss bags

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Scope note
Cloth covering attached to Native North American cradleboards, often decorated with floral or iconographic beadwork. Designed to hold babies to the cradleboard; moss is usually placed in the bottom of the bag to cushion the baby and act as a diaper. Name is derived from this moss.
moss bags
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024