When Lapp children are put in their cradles they stay quiet even though their hands are pinioned. They do cry, however, when they are hungry. They are placed in a sloping position so that their heads are semi-erect. The cradle is made of spruce, hollowed out at the bottom so that it is light. There is an arch over the head-end and another half-arch down from its apex; this forms a hood which, like the whole cradle, is covered in cloth. In summer the child lies there without any covering of reindeer hair and with no more than a small woollen cloth or a piece of hide or moss under its head and body.