Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Collector
content: Thomas E. Adams (T. E. Adams), Non-Indian, b. 1860
label: Previous owner
content: Thomas E. Adams (T. E. Adams), Non-Indian, b. 1860
label: Previous owner
content: Queen Isabella, II (Queen Isabella II of Spain), Non-Indian, 1830-1904
label: Previous owner
content: Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Groizard, Non-Indian, 1865-1923
label: Previous owner
content: Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti, Non-Indian, ca. 1934-2012
label: Seller
content: Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti, Non-Indian, ca. 1934-2012
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Thomas E. Adams (a clerk at the Flathead Agency in Montana in the 1880s and 1890s) and exhibited by Adams at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893; presented to H.R.M. Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) during the World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair) in 1893 as a state gift; given by Queen Isabella to her envoy Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Groizard (1865-1923) in gratitude for his service; inherited by his great-grandson Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti (ca. 1934-2012); purchased by MAI from Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti in 1968.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/2056
label: Barcode
content: 242056.000
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, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Overlay beadwork