Gorget (uncertain)
97-563-6566
From: North America | United States of America | Alabama
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-6566 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | North America | United States of America | Alabama |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Technique | Incised |
| 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. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Length | 6.8 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Thickness | 2.6 cm |
| 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 |
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