Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900–1600 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Gardner Mason Sherman (Gardner M. Sherman), Non-Indian, ca. 1850-1906
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Gardner Mason Sherman (ca. 1850-1906, a well-known collector in South Hadley, Massachusetts); acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1905.
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- Place
- Pike County; Illinois; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5548
- Barcode
- 005548.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_5935