Amulet
Umbilicus
45-15-745
From: Great Plains (Plain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-15-745 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Plains Indian |
| Provenience | Great Plains (Plain) |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Buckskin | Glass | Quill | Tin | Hair |
| Technique | Beaded |
| Iconography | Spider? | Turtle? |
| Description | Spider or Turtle fertility amulet, made to contain umbilical cord. Biconical, buckskin fringed and fully beaded. Design: on face, four "stars" (crosses) on white ground, reverse, quartered navy, white, red and green, pendants of quilled buckskin thongs with tinklers. |
| Length | 20 |
| Width | 4.7 |
| Thickness | 3 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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