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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
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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