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Concho/concha

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased from an unnamed trader's store at the Darlington Agency, Oklahoma, in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
MAI agent
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Date created
1870-1900
Object Name
Concho/concha
Media/Materials
German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
Techniques
Hammered, stamped
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
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