Earrings

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker: attributed to Hickman Thomas, Mississippi Choctaw, b. ca. 1874
Previous owner: Margaret Adams, Mississippi Choctaw
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Margaret Adams (Mississippi Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Neshoba County and Scott County; Mississippi; USA

See related items: Mississippi Choctaw; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/9088
Barcode: 019088.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry
Indigenous Term: hak sa bis ta ga le

Object Name: Earrings
Media/Materials: German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), silver
Techniques: Cut, cutout, soldered

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64bf42759-78f2-4345-a34b-31040e7f2c62

Record ID: NMAI_20476