Amulet
- Museum number:
- 2-48413
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020048413
- Accession number:
- Acc.2224
- Description:
- Turtle shape; fully beaded top sewn to buckskin; cloth bottom; 3 beaded feet with conical metal (tinned steel) and yellow horsehair ornaments (1 foot missing); beaded tail. Commercial cotton (plainweave).
- Donor:
- San Mateo County Historical Museum
- Collection place:
- Great Plains, North America
- Verbatim coll. place:
- ; Great Plains
- Culture or time period:
- Plains and Prairie tribes
- Collector:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Amulets
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1967
- Context of use:
- Pouch to preserve naval cord, hung on the cradle or about the neck of an infant.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 12 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
- Legacy documentation:
-