Ornament
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Chiricahua Apache [Fort Sill, Oklahoma] (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Mrs. Miller (Widow of Sergeant Miller), Non-Indian
label: Possible owner
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Possible owner
content: Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have belonged to a member of Geronimo's band of Apaches and later owned by a Mrs. Miller (the widow of Sergeant Miller of the Fifth Cavalry); probably from the collection of David T. Vernon (1900-1973), which was acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection before 1968; found in MAI collections without information and catalogued in 1992.
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place: label: Place
content: Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chiricahua Apache [Fort Sill, Oklahoma]
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/3615
label: Barcode
content: 253615.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ornament
label: Media/Materials
content: Glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Strung
label: Dimensions
content: 21.8 x 1 cm