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The wicket basket, ''zimentzezko ''or ''ziazko kumak, ''which was generally known as a Moses basket<ref>''The name for these cradles comes from the basket in which Moses was cast into the River Nile according to Jewish tradition.''</ref>, ''used to be a sign of wealth and only the best off had one in some towns.
=== Substitute cradles. The half bushel. ===
In much of Álava, the ''half bushel'' was widely used as a cradle for children in the past. It was a wooden drawer used to measure grain that was usually hung in the kitchen, where the mother could get on with her household chores without worrying about her baby. There was usually another cradle in the parents’ bedroom in addition to the ''half brushel.''