Umbilical Amulet
45-15-749
From: Great Plains (Plain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-15-749 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Great Plains (Plain) |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone | Glass | Skin |
| Description | Fertility, made to contain umbilical cord, turtle form, quadrangular body, buckskin with back beaded in green and yellow checker. Median line green and pink, head pale pink with green eyes and nose, leg striped pink and green with large green glass and brass beads with turtle leg bones, tail beaded green, with large green glass bead and sleigh bell. |
| Length | 11 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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