Shell, cord, copper, glass

Autumn Epple notes the gorget made of shell may have been created to mimic the silver gorgets worn by European (primarily British) military leaders, to reflect similar status. This object may have been around the same time Europeans offered silver gorgets to Indigenous military leaders. AE notes the example seen is Mohawk leader Joseph Brant, who had both a shell gorget and silver gorget (part of the Royal Ontario Museum's collection).

Autumn Epple theorizes that based on the style and material used, the gorget dates between 1700 and 1750.

Déposant : Bibliothèque municipale de Versailles; Précédente collection : Musée de l'Homme (Amérique), inventaire: 34.33.36

Premières Nations, Collections Royales, at the Musée du quai Branly, February 13 - May 13, 2007.

Christian Feest, Premières Nations, Collections Royales: Les Indiens des forêts et des prairies d'Amérique du Nord (Paris: musée du quai Branly, 2007).

Anne Vitart-Fardoulis, "Le cabinet du roi et les anciens Cabinets he Curiosités dans les collections du Musée de l'Homme," doctoral thesis under the superision of Jacques Soustelle, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1979.

Unknown artist, gorget. Currently in the Musée du quai Branly, 71.1934.33.36 D. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 25089.