Beaded leather amulet
- Made:
- 1871-1900 in Great Plains and North America
- maker:
- Sioux people
Beaded leather amulet, in form of turtle or lizard, containing umbilical cord, Plains Indian, North America, late 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A232134
- Materials:
- leather and trim, glass beads
- Measurements:
-
overall: 29 cm x 185 mm x 58 mm, .04 kg
- type:
- amulet and human remains
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
