Gorget (uncertain)
| Object Number: | 97-563-6566 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | United States of America Alabama |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Sandstone |
| Technique: | Incised |
| Height: | 2.3 |
| Length: | 6.8 |
| Width: | 3 |
| Thickness: | 2.6 |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-6566 - Old Museum Number 19187 - ANSP Number II 1576 - Gottschall Number 417 - Other Number |
Description
Possible gorget carved from red-tinged sandstone. Two holes are drilled through the center, and there are circular indentations on either side of the object marking a third incomplete hole. A checkered pattern is incised on two sides and one end of the object, and the opposite end has an indentation carved into it. One face convex, the other is flat and has the number 417 written on it, as well as 19187, L-563-6566, and some indistinguishable lettering.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Gottschall, Amos H. 1909. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 2.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 45 | Entry 1576 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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