Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; possibly from the collection of George A. Clark (1869-1914, President of the Tennessee, Kentucky, and Northern Railroad) and his wife Phebe Eastgate Clark (1871-1942); given or transferred to Mrs. Clark's sister Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker, 1857-1945) of Orange County, New York; inherited by Mrs. Whitaker's daughter Anna Whitaker Slaughter (Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter, 1887-1972); donated to MAI by Mrs. Slaughter in 1970 in memory of Helen Eastgate Whitaker.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niuam (Comanche)
- Possible owner
- George A. Clark (George Andrew Clark), Non-Indian, 1869-1914
- Phebe Eastgate Clark (Phebe Anna Eastgate/Mrs. George A. Clark), Non-Indian, 1871-1942
- Previous owner
- Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
- Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Donor
- Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Honoree
- Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
- Object Name
- Choker necklace
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, thread
- Techniques
- Bead-wrapped
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
