Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 800 BC–AD 500 (Early to Middle Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Adena or Hopewell Tradition (attributed)
- Possible owner
- Francis Cleveland, Non-Indian, 1796-1881
- Previous owner
- Samuel P. Adams, Sr. (Samuel Preston Adams), Non-Indian, 1869-1933
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Seller
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; possibly from the collection assembled between 1825 and 1840 by Francis Cleveland (1796-1881, an Ohio engineer); acquired by Samuel P. Adams (1869-1933, an Ohio relic collector) at an unknown date; acquired in 1912 by Albert L. Addis (1878-1951, a noted Indiana collector of archaeological objects) through an unnamed dealer in St. Louis; purchased by George Heye from Albert Addis in 1915.
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- Place
- Scioto County; Ohio; USA
- See related items
- Adena (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/6768
- Barcode
- 046768.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_50419