Gorget (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1650
- Culture/People
- probably Chonnonton (Neutral/Attawandaron) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
- Donor
- William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William J. Mackay (1852-1919, vice president of the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co, Springfield, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by William J. Mackay in 1918.
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- Place
- Brock's Monument; Niagara Regional Municipality; Ontario; Canada
- See related items
- Chonnonton (Neutral/Attawandaron) (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 8/8226
- Barcode
- 088226.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Gorget (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_94886