Tag: back carry

• Syrian Baby Carriers in Ancient Egypt

  

  An Egyptologist from 1904 considers the infant carriers found on a 3,500 year old tomb wall.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 24, 2019

  Babies, Video

  18 dynasty, Ancient Egypt, anthropology, art history, asiatics, babywearing, back carry, Egyptian, Egyptology, featured, linen bag, Max W Muller, Middle Kingdom, mothers, rosetta stone, slavery, syria, syrian, Theban Necropolis, Thebes, tribute

• The Aymara People of the Andes

  

  Learn how the Aymara tradition of carrying their babies is reflected in their concept of time and language– and how infant carriers built empires.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 16, 2019

  Babies, Blog

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• The Beng Babies of the Côte d’Ivoire

  

  Learn more about Alma Gottlieb’s book “The Afterlife is Where We Come From” on the culture of infancy involving reincarnation and carrying among the Beng.

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 19, 2015

  Babies, Blog

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