Earrings

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Mississippi Choctaw
Previous owner: Dick Tubby, Mississippi Choctaw
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Dick Tubby (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: 1/9090
Barcode: 019090.000

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

Object Name: Earrings
Media/Materials: Silver, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Hammered, cutout, soldered, strung
Dimensions: 7.5 x 2.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f73182ea-0cfd-4808-8a05-dcba19badf83

Record ID: NMAI_20478