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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
This cradle was made by Samuel Davies of Cwrtnewydd, Llanybydder in around 1910. This type of basketry is known as lip-work, a process of binding coiled wheat-straw into shape with bramble.
Lip-work cradle with hood. Wheat straw rolls bound with split cane. Stands on a pair of wooden rockers.
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