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Dakota umbilical Amulet

Titles: Dakota umbilical Amulet (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota umbilical amulet, circa the mid-20th century or earlier. It consists of an ovoid leather pouch covered in glass seed beadwork arranged into equal, alternating quadrants of red and blue, with yellow, white and blue bands separating each quadrant. Leather thongs terminating in metal bells extend from two points at the pouch's narrowest points. One of the thongs retains a red bead; three are missing bells. All retain remnants of porcupine quillwork covering.

Dates

  • Not later than 1939 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 7891.1

Restrictions

  • Through curatorial review and/or additional consultation with American Indian elders, spiritual leaders, tribal officers or lineal descendants, this item has been determined to be culturally sensitive. As advised by the Minnesota Historical Society Indian Advisory Committee on April 20, 2012, the Minnesota Historical Society will not display images of culturally sensitive items on the public database.

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 17 1/2 inches length
  • 1 5/16 inches width

Subjects

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