Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant Ephraim Tillotson (1844-1895) at an unknown date; inherited by his daughter Grace Tillotson Childs (Mrs. Harold P. Childs, ca. 1886-1934); donated to MAI by Mrs. Childs in 1923.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Collector
- Lieutenant Ephraim Tillotson, Non-Indian, 1844-1895
- Previous owner
- Lieutenant Ephraim Tillotson, Non-Indian, 1844-1895
- Grace Tillotson Childs (Mrs. Harold P. Childs/Mrs. H. P. Childs), Non-Indian, ca. 1886-1934
- Donor
- Grace Tillotson Childs (Mrs. Harold P. Childs/Mrs. H. P. Childs), Non-Indian, ca. 1886-1934
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Bone hairpipe/hairpipes
- Techniques
- Strung
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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