Shell Pendant or Gorget
Unknown people (Plains)
Northern Plains
Plains
19th century
Shell. leather, and brass beads
Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in. (8 × 8 × 2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
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Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
First Artist of the West: Paintings and Watercolors by George Catlin from Gilcrease Museum, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 23-November 26, 1995.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued, 1955.
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