Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1100-1350 (Middle Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Lender
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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- Place
- Knox County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/7772
- Barcode
- 167772.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, notched
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_179798