Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota); collected before 1923 by Melvin R. Gilmore (1868-1940, MAI staff member); purchased by MAI from Melvin Gilmore in 1923.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Chief Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta [Scarlet Cloud]/Mahpina Luta), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), 1822-1909
- Collector
- Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
- Previous owner
- Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
- Seller
- Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Deer hoof/hooves
- Techniques
- Strung
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
