Gorget fragment
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1919 during the Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition, led by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 500 (Late Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 9/4456
- Barcode
- 094456.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Expedition
- Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition (1919)
- Expedition leader
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Expedition sponsor
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Gorget fragment
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Place
- Owasco Lake; Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_101854
