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Culture/People
Mississippi Choctaw
Previous owner
Bill Bob, Mississippi Choctaw
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Earrings
Media/Materials
Silver, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Hammered, soldered, cutout, strung
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Native Term
hak sa bis ta ga le
Place
Neshoba County and Scott County; Mississippi; USA
Date created
circa 1900
Collection History
Collected from Bill Bob (Mississippi Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.