Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Erastus T. Tefft (1877-1935, a New York stockbroker and collector of Indian artifacts); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with Erastus Tefft in 1905.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Erastus Theodore Tefft (E. T. Tefft), Non-Indian, 1877-1935
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Early to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Gorget
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
