A Valuable Cradle.
r. A novel baby's swing, made by a **.' black father for his youngest- infant, ;s ,\to be seen in a grass-built house on one 'V'of ihe email islands of the .Torres Straits. Suspended from the low roof '""by four lengths of home-made twine : i' f ; s a polished shell of a large liawkcturtle, hack uppermost. Hanging "%t about eighteen inches below this shell, "V and attached to it by neat chains made t.,of small pieces of tortoiseshcll, is anf'other large shell, the inside uppermost 5-"- The -underneath shell is lined with sort material and the baby placed therein. &V The whole swing is polished to perfec'J£~tion, and decorated profusely with small sea shells and coral. \Vhen mos--Gtquitoes are troublesome a mosquito net hangs curtain-fashion from the cradle ' .
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10760, 6 May 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)
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130A Valuable Cradle. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10760, 6 May 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)
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