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Sunday Night *TIMED* Native American Artifact Auction

Lot 350A:

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Hand-beaded Owl (?) Umbilical Cord Bag (Birth Amulet) These beaded amulets were often used as umbilical cord holders, traditionally made for a newborn child that had come into a family. After the umbilical cord fell off – an umbilical cord holder was made

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Hand-beaded Owl (?) Umbilical Cord Bag (Birth Amulet) These beaded amulets were often used as umbilical cord holders, traditionally made for a newborn child that had come into a family. After the umbilical cord fell off – an umbilical cord holder was made as a container for the umbilical cord. This stayed with the child the rest of its life. Often used by different Plains tribes, turtles were often used for girls and lizards for boys, however, multiple shapes were used, from geometric shapes to other animals.