Fertility Charm
97-84-1021
From: United States of America | South Dakota
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-84-1021 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sioux |
Provenience | United States of America | South Dakota |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Bead | Tin | Feather |
Description | Woman's fertility charm in lizard form. Buckskin; solidly beaded back, green with black, yellow, blue, and red "markings". "Legs" and "tail" of tinklers which had short red feather. |
Length | 17 cm |
Width | 9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-84-1021 - Old Museum Number | 18767 - ANSP Number | II 648 - Gottschall Number |
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