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This cone tinkler was recovered from the Wea Presbyterian Mission in 1997 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew. The excavations revealed foundations for the Mission house, a spring house, and an outbuilding in addition to a filled in well. The Wea Mission (1834-1837) changed functions over time: it served as the Osage River Subagency (1837-1844), the Wea and Piankeshaw Baptist Mission (1844-1857) and then had other occupants until 1909 when the house burned. Tinklers were used to decorate hair, clothes and other objects.
Date: 1837-1857
Item Number: 454181
Call Number: 14MM322-8-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454181
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment
People - American Indians - Missions - Wea Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - American Indians - Tribes - Piankeshaw
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wea
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Indian reservations - Piankeshaw
Places - Indian reservations - Wea
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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