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: Henry Johnson, Mississippi Choctaw
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Henry Johnson (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: 1/9092
Barcode: 019092.000

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

Object Name: Earrings
Media/Materials: German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), glass bead/beads, brass wire
Techniques: Cut, perforated, soldered, strung

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d7821df4-475f-4bb4-b38c-f644221ff7d4

Record ID: NMAI_20480