Beaded Lizard Amulet by Dorothy Little Elk (Lakota)

Dusty rose and burgundy beads are accented by a touch of gold beads in this charming lizard amulet by Dorothy Little Elk.

 

Among the Northern Plains tribes, a baby's umbilical cord is placed in a buckskin amulet -- lizards for boys and turtles for girls -- which are kept close at hand for the rest of the person's life, to protect them and to keep them connected to Mother Earth.

 

Length of lizard 5", width 1 3/4"