Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1896 and 1906 by Septima V. Koehler (1848-1918, a teacher at St. Elizabeth's School, Rosebud, South Dakota); inherited by her great-niece Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen (Mrs. Pál Kelemen, 1898-1997); donated to MAI in 1967.by Mrs. Kelemen.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux) (attributed)
- Collector
- Septima V. Koehler (Septima Vespasia Koehler), Non-Indian, 1848-1918
- Previous owner
- Septima V. Koehler (Septima Vespasia Koehler), Non-Indian, 1848-1918
- Elizabeth Zulauf Kelemen (Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen/Mrs. Pál Kelemen), Non-Indian, 1898-1997
- Donor
- Elizabeth Zulauf Kelemen (Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen/Mrs. Pál Kelemen), Non-Indian, 1898-1997
- Date created
- 1890-1904
- Object Name
- Umbilical amulet
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Edge beaded , overlay beadwork
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
