Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean); inherited by his widow Mildred Darrell Huckerby (1879-1977); purchased by MAI from Mildred Huckerby in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
- Seller
- Mildred Darrell Huckerby (Mrs. Thomas Huckerby), Non-Indian, 1879-1977
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 AD (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Gorget
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
