Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
AD 900–1565 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
Culture/People
possibly South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Excavator
Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
Previous owner
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Seller
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Collection History
Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1891 or 1892; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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Place
Shell Mound and Ridges at, near, and opposite Bluffton; Bluffton; Lake County, Volusia County; Florida; USA
See related items
South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (archaeological culture)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
17/1178
Barcode
171178.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Ground, drilled
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6647e4a4d-4f29-48ae-94f4-ad7019d9275a
Record ID
NMAI_183413