Ear ornament
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1885
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
label: Collector
content: Jennie Dixon, Non-Indian, ca. 1848-ca. 1930
label: Previous owner
content: Jennie Dixon, Non-Indian, ca. 1848-ca. 1930
label: Previous owner
content: Henrietta Potter James (Henrietta Augusta Potter/Mrs. H.P. James/Mrs. Walter M. James), Non-Indian, 1854-1941
label: Donor
content: Henrietta Potter James (Henrietta Augusta Potter/Mrs. H.P. James/Mrs. Walter M. James), Non-Indian, 1854-1941
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1885 by Miss Jennie Dixon (ca. 1848-ca. 1930, a teacher from Pennsylvania who probably taught at the St. Paul's Mission Indian school in Marty, South Dakota); transferred at an unknown date to Henrietta Potter James (Mrs. Walter M. James, 1854-1941, who was associated with the University Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); donated to MAI by Mrs. James in 1925.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Rosebud Reservation; Todd County; South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/6496
label: Barcode
content: 136496.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ear ornament
label: Media/Materials
content: Dentalium shell/shells, german silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), brass tacks/bosses, rawhide, sinew, metal items
label: Techniques
content: Strung, stitched
label: Dimensions
content: 37.1 x 2.5 cm