Culture/People:

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Previous owner:

A"-rus, Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Collector:

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Earrings

Media/Materials:

German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)

Techniques:

Incised

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Indigenous Term:

mu'k tca we' ka

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Collection History:

Collected from A"-rus (Niuam) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/1424

Barcode:

021424.000

See related items:

Niuam (Comanche)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63f90d52c-645c-4579-9e26-3013de9d254b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_22683