Gorget

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Date created: 800 BC–AD 400 (Early to Middle Woodland period)

Culture/People: possibly Early or Middle Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller: Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists

Collection History: Collected in 1907 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member); purchased by George Heye, presumably from Harrington's firm, Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists (New York City), in 1907.
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Place: Middlemiss; Middlesex County; Ontario; Canada

See related items: Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture); Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/4643
Barcode: 014643.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Gorget
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Drilled

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ae2cd789-67aa-495f-b064-2bf791358c89

Record ID: NMAI_15743