Engraved Gorget
Unknown people (Southeast)
Southeast
13th-14th century
Engraved shell disk
Overall: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Wesleyan University Museum, Middletown, Connecticut
55.34.13316
Geography
Place Found: Tennessee River, United States, North America
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Archaeology
Funerary Objects
Not on view
Provenance
Wesleyan University Museum, Middletown, Connecticut; by exchange (#102) to present collection, 1955.
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