Indian umbilical cord bag made of buffalo leather, size 14 cm, from the Lakota Sioux tribe (South Dakota, USA) carefully decorated with dyed raffia and bristles from a porcupine's head (see another object made of buffalo leather with glass beads under "Search: Umbilical cord bag"). The fetish is said to have protective/magical power. There are also some dyed bristles from young porcupines that were used for embroidery, among other things. Therese, Princess of Bavaria, brought comparable pieces with her from her expedition-like journeys to the Indians of North America in 1893. Her extensive ethnological collection is located in the Five Continents Museum, Munich (formerly: Museum für Völkerkunde), which also has a number of interesting turtle objects. A bust in the Hall of Fame in Munich is dedicated to the versatile researcher (ethnology, zoology, botany). “The Wittelsbach family shared their interest in rarities with many European princes,” said Duke Franz of Bavaria in the greeting to the book “Exotic Worlds” (From the ethnographic collections of the Wittelsbach family 1806 - 1848 / State Museum of Ethnology Munich, 2007). There is a second copy, which can be found under "Search: umbilical cord pouch". [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Kultgegenstände   |   Material: Leder   |   Country of origin: South Dakota, United States   |   Artist: Dorothy Brave Eagle | Similar pieces