Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Abel E. Brooks (A.E. Brooks), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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: label: Place
content: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/1132
label: Barcode
content: 011132.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, glass bead/beads, horsehair, metal cones, dye/dyes, unknown stuffing, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, dyed, tasseled