Beaded amulet in form of a turtle
- Made:
- 1871-1900 in United States and Great Plains
- maker:
- Sioux people
Leather amulet with bead decoration, possibly turtle or lizard form, likely to contain umbilical cord, Indian Plains, North America, late 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A202421
- Materials:
- complete, leather, glass and human remains
- Measurements:
-
overall weight: x x , , .03kg
- type:
- amulet and human remains
- credit:
- Glendining
