Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1923 from an unknown source using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 11/8737
- Barcode
- 118737.000
- Culture/People
- Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Umbilical amulet (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Bead-wrapped , overlay beadwork
- Place
- Montana; USA
- See related items
- Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Record ID
- NMAI_127481
