Gorget fragment reworked into a button mold (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- gorget: 1000 BC–AD 900 (Early to Late Woodland period); re-carved and used as a button mold, probably between 1750 and 1850
- Culture/People
- probably Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed) and non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Alvin H. Dewey (Alvin Hiram Dewey), Non-Indian, 1859-1928
- Donor
- Alvin H. Dewey (Alvin Hiram Dewey), Non-Indian, 1859-1928
- MAI agent
- George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Alvin H. Dewey (1859-1928, a collector in Rochester, New York); donated by Alvin H. Dewey in 1914, probably through George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) who met Mr. Dewey during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Van Wert County; Ohio; USA
- See related items
- Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Non-Indian (archaeological)
- Metal and Jewelry Tools and Equipment
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 3/7158
- Barcode
- 037158.000
- Object Type
- Metal and Jewelry Tools and Equipment
- Object Name
- Gorget fragment reworked into a button mold (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Ground, carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_39856