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    • Rudraksha seed prayer beads

    • Rudraksha seed prayer beads

    • India; Hinduism; Hinduism -- Customs and practices; Vishnu (Hindu deity); Shiva (Hindu deity); Prayer; 1960s

    • The use of beads to count prayers may have been started by Indian Hindus dating back to the sixth century B.C. Prayer beads continue to be very important in the lives of people who practice Hindu religion. Prayers are repeated along with the names...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Beaded jaguar head

    • Beaded jaguar head

    • Mexico; Folklore -- Mexico; Huichol Indians; Huichol Indians -- Religion; Huichol mythology

    • Look at this colorful jaguar decorated with tiny beads. Can you imagine how long it took to make? The Huichol are a group of people that live in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain region of Mexico and have a unique tradition of adorning objects...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Beaded salamander

    • Beaded salamander

    • Mexico; Folklore -- Mexico; Huichol Indians; Huichol Indians -- Religion; Huichol mythology

    • The Huichol are a group of people that live in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain region of Mexico and have a unique tradition of adorning objects with brightly colored beads. Many creations resemble people, traditional symbols and animals. Each...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Beaded votive bowls

    • Beaded votive bowls

    • Bowls (Tableware); Mexico; Mexico -- Religious life and customs; Folklore -- Mexico; Huichol Indians; Huichol Indians -- Religion; Huichol mythology

    • The Huichol are a group of people that live in the Sierra Madre Mountains of North Central Mexico. For the Huichol, art is a way to communicate with the gods. The Huichol adorn many objects with brightly colored beads arranged in symbolic designs....
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Annual, 1928

    • Annual, 1928

    • Shortridge High School--Students--Yearbooks; Shortridge High School--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
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    • Shortridge High School
    • Abaci (abacus)

    • Abaci (abacus)

    • Abacus; Mathematical instruments; Counting

    • In Ancient times, written numbers did not exist. The earliest counting device was the human hand and its fingers. Then, as larger quantities were counted, various natural items like pebbles and twigs were used to help count. Merchants who traded...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Chief's chair

    • Chief's chair

    • Yoruba (African people); Yoruba (African people) -- Social life and customs; Chairs

    • In ancient and current Yoruba culture, people of importance are symbolically and physicallly separated from the rest of society. At specific times, the feet of alaase (rulers, priests and initiates) must not be in physical contact with the earth....
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Pipe and tobacco bag

    • Pipe and tobacco bag

    • Bags; Handbag; Beadwork; Tobacco; Tobacco pipes; Smoking Paraphernalia; Indians of North America; 19th Century; Indians of North America -- Social life and customs; Indians of North America -- Tobacco use; Cheyenne indians; Cheyenne indians --...

    • Leather bags like this one, called pipe or tobacco bags, were used to carry pipe stems, pipe bowls and tobacco. This bag is decorated with both quillwork and glass beads. Before beads were acquired through trade with Europeans, many Native American...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Riparian, 1969

    • Riparian, 1969

    • Broad Ripple High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Students--Yearbooks; Broad Ripple High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
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    • Broad Ripple High School
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