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Fertility Blessings
Fertility Blessings
Artist (Sičáŋğu Lakota, born 1968)
Culture

Fertility Blessings

Date2012
Mediumsmoked brain tanned moose hide, beads, deer antler, rawhide, dyed horse hair, brass bells, metal cones, steel
DimensionsPole: 47 × 11 × 10 in. (119.4 × 27.9 × 25.4 cm) Knife: 15 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (39.4 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculptures
Credit Line2012 Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market and Festival Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award
Object number2012.6.1 A-B
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