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Culture/People
Choctaw; collected from the Coushatta (Koasati)
Previous owner
Christine Bill, Choctaw
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Hair ornament
Media/Materials
Silver
Techniques
Hammered, perforated
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Native Term
ta li ha ta
Place
Near Elton; Elton; Jefferson Davis Parish; Louisiana; USA
Date created
circa 1880
Collection History
Collected from Christine Bill (Coushatta) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.