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These tin cone tinklers were recovered from the Village on the Pawnee Fork in Ness County during excavations in 1977. Tinklers were used to decorate hair, clothes and other objects. The Village on Pawnee Fork, home to several hundred Southern Cheyenne and Southern Teton Oglala was destroyed by order of Major General Winifred S. Hancock in 1867. The site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1867
Item Number: 472248
Call Number: 14NS403-875
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 472248
Collections - Archeology
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Tinkler
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sioux - Ogalla Sioux
People - Notable People - Hancock, Winfield Scott
Places - Counties - Ness
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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