Earrings

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Date created: 1870-1900

Culture/People: Kickapoo [Oklahoma]
Previous owner: Akosi (A' Ko Si'/A-ko-si), Kickapoo [Oklahoma]
Collector: Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923; Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox); Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from A'kosi (Oklahoma Kickapoo) and another unnamed Kickapoo woman in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and expedition interpreter Leo Walker (Sac and Fox), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA

See related items: Kickapoo [Oklahoma]; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/6594
Barcode: 026594.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry
Indigenous Term: ta' ka' ma

Object Name: Earrings
Media/Materials: Silver
Techniques: Hammered, stamped, soldered, riveted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a2704eec-d162-44f6-9c82-77a7425e63f8

Record ID: NMAI_28240