BEADED UMBILICAL CORD HOLDERS
custom plains beaded naval amulets
Beadwork of the Native American Indian
Oglala Sioux
This amulet had his mother's and father's hair and grandmother's hair put inside with buffalo fur.
They were 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. There are no umbilical cord holders in the ones that we make, but people have bought them for their children and have had the umbilical cord put in. It becomes a family keep sake
UMBILICAL CORD HOLDERS / BEADED AMULETS
$249
Made for a client in Oklahoma with her granddaughter's umbilical cord enclosed in the turtle amulet for her daughter.
Cheyenne
This amulet was made for a museum in Colorado
beaded umbilical cord holder necklace
NATIVE ARTS TRADING
"Finella Lodge"
Drumtochty,
by Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire AB30 1TR
MEMBERS
OF IACA (Indian Arts & Crafts Association)