Indian umbilical cord bag, from the Lakota Sioux tribe, carefully decorated with dyed bast and bristles from the head of a porcupine (see another object in the collection). The fetish is said to have protective/magical powers. There are also some dyed bristles from young porcupines, which were used for embroidery, among other things. Therese Princess of Bavaria brought similar pieces back from her expedition-like trips to the Native Americans of North America in 1893. Her extensive ethnological collection is in the Museum Fünf Kontinente, 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). [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Kultgegenstände   |   Material: Leder   |   Country of origin: Kansas, United States   |   Artist: Dorothy Brave Eagle | Similar pieces