Buckskin amulet in the form of a tortoise
- Made:
- United States
- maker:
- Sioux people
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Buckskin amulet, in the form of a tortoise, likely to contain umbilical cord, decorated with bead-work, Sioux, U.S.A
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A190725
- Materials:
- complete, human remains, leather and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 37 mm x 185 mm x 150 mm, .06 kg
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Glendining
