Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J.D. Albertis (owner of a secondhand store in Cutchogue, Long Island); purchased by MAI from J.D. Albertis in 1933 using funds donated by George Heye's sister, Marie Heye Clemens (Mrs. James B. Clemens, 1869-1943).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- J. D. Albertis, Non-Indian
- Seller
- J. D. Albertis, Non-Indian
- Presenter/funding source
- Marie Heye Clemens (Mrs. James B. Clemens), Non-Indian, 1869-1943
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Early to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Gorget
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
