Navel Amulet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Florence Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: CONSTRUCTED OF TWO PIECES OF TANNED DEER SKIN. SIDE SEAMS ARE WHIP STITCHED CLOSED WITH COTTON THREAD. DIAMOND SHAPED ANIMAL FIGURE? WITH FACE. FRONT DECORATED WITH GEOMETRIC PATTERNS (SQUARE CROSS, TRIANGLES, BOX) IN GREEN, IRIDESCENT RED, DARK BLUE, YELLOW, AND WHITE LAZY STITCHED GLASS DISC-SHAPED SEED BEADS. BEADWORK HEAVILY ENCRUSTED WITH DIRT. BACK OF FIGURE UNDECORATED. SKIN STRINGS SEWN ONTO BODY AT WIDEST POINT OF DIAMOND, WRAPPED WITH RED AND GREEN DYED QUILL WORK. ASSOCIATED WITH PARFLECHE IN CATALOG NO. E425948. ACCORDING TO DONOR'S WILL, THIS OBJECT BELONGED TO CHIEF SITTING BULL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Lakota
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380523
label: USNM Number
content: E425952-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Charm
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.5 cm