Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army), probably during campaigns on the Southern Plains between 1869 and 1875; inherited by his children, Major General Sherman Miles (1882-1966) and Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952); donated to MAI by Major General Sherman Miles and Cecelia Miles Reber in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kiowa
- Collector
- General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
- Previous owner
- General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
- Donor
- Cecelia Miles Reber (Cecelia Sherman Miles/Mrs. Samuel K. Reber), Non-Indian, 1869-1952
- Major General Sherman Miles, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
- Date created
- circa 1870
- Object Name
- Pendant
- Media/Materials
- German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
- Techniques
- Hammered, engraved, stamped, perforated
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
