Gorget
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated at an unknown date by Walter Lee Griffin (1882-1918, an amateur archaeologist and artifact dealer in Somerset, Kentucky); purchased by MAI from Walter Griffin in 1918.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 800 BC–AD 500 (Early to Middle Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 4414
- Barcode
- 004414.000
- Culture/People
- probably Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Walter Lee Griffin (W. L. Griffin), Non-Indian, 1882-1918
- Previous owner
- Walter Lee Griffin (W. L. Griffin), Non-Indian, 1882-1918
- Seller
- Walter Lee Griffin (W. L. Griffin), Non-Indian, 1882-1918
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Gorget
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Place
- Mason County; West Virginia; USA
- See related items
- Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_4567
