Millie Heggensen

Name/Title

Millie Heggensen

Entry/Object ID

P.2001.003.100

Tags

Needs Parent File

Description

Colored photograph of a woman standing next to a wood stove in a sitting room. She is wearing a grey patterned dress and glasses. There is a man in the bottom corner of the photo; only his chest, leg and hand holding a cigarette are shown. In pink ink around the photo's edges it reads "Created and made Shoshone Thunderbird quilt" and "Mrs. Horne's mother Millie Heggensen". In the same pink ink (some parts faded) on the back it reads "Maker of Thunderbird quilt presented -- Robert Bennett --. Robert and Esther Horne and all the Indian people in the United States who have loved him and appreciated his efforts on their behalf during his career as an employee of the B.I.A. and Commissioner of Indian Affairs."

Collection

Bennett Collection

Cataloged By

Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)

Made/Created

Date made

Dec 1965

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

OMVS2001.3.100

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Location

Location

Box

Photo Box #27

Room

ONM Photo/Archive Room

Building

Oneida Nation Museum

Date

06/14/2023

Created By

cgerzet1@oneidanation.org

Create Date

06/14/2023

Updated By

cgerzet1@oneidanation.org

Update Date

06/14/2023