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Turtle-shaped beaded amulet
Object Number 13-48-10/85447
Display Title Turtle-shaped beaded amulet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Amulet, umbilical cord, turtle shaped, checked bead design, tinkler, hair tassle
Classification
  • Amulet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plains
  • Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Leather, Glass, Metal tinkler, Horsehair, Umbilical cord?
Dimensions Overall: 30.4 x 19.5 x 2.5 cm (11 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 13-48-10/85447
Credit Line Museum purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1913
Provenance
Collector Unknown (? - 1913)

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