Wooden cradle, with a circular hood and rockers attached to stiles, from Weydale, Caithness, late 18th or early 19th century

Cradle of leather on a three-sided framework of wooden rods with two carrying-straps of twisted thong, ornamented with cowrie shells: Yemen, Sheikh Othman, Bedouin, 1929

Cradle of oak with panelled sides and rockers carved with a crown flanked with leafage, said to be that of Mary, Queen of Scots: from Linlithgow Palace, mid 17th century

Cradle, of wood, covered with buckskin, decorated with beads, brass tacks, serge cloth and thong fringes, featuring designs from two groups: North America, USA or Canada, Blackfoot and Shoshone-Bannock, mid 19th century

Model cradle with wood frame covered with buckskin, ornamented with beads and painted: North America, USA, New Mexico, Apache

Model cradle, with wood frame covered with buckskin, ornamented with white, red and black beads: North America, USA, New Mexico, Apache, early 20th century

Model cradle, with wood frame, forked at upper end, covered with buckskin and ornamented with beadwork: North America, USA, New Mexico, Comanche, early 20th century

Cradle of wood consisting of a flat, roughly rectangular board carved in openwork at top and in low relief around the red and green painted edge, fitted with wooden footrest and frame for awning: North America, Canada, Algonquin, from the Ottawa River

Toy cradle: North America, Canada, Ojibwe, Le Bole, 1867