Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1870-1900
- Culture/People
- possibly Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Abel E. Brooks (A.E. Brooks), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Abel E. Brooks (1833-1917, a renowned collector of Civil War firearms); acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1906.
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- Place
- Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
- See related items
- Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/1132
- Barcode
- 011132.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, horsehair, metal cones, dye/dyes, unknown stuffing, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, dyed, tasseled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_11959