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Culture/People
Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker
attributed to Hickman Thomas, Mississippi Choctaw, b. ca. 1874
Previous owner
Hickman Thomas, Mississippi Choctaw, b. ca. 1874
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Finger ring
Media/Materials
Silver
Techniques
Cast, soldered
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Native Term
ba ce o ka'
Place
Neshoba County and Scott County; Mississippi; USA
Date created
circa 1900
Collection History
Collected from Hickman Thomas (Mississippi Choctaw, b. c. 1874) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.