Neckband with Gorget

Neckband with Gorget

Neckband with Gorget

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Introduction

Potawatomi diagonally woven neckband with incised shell gorget featuring an Underwater Panther. Obtained from Frank Michigan, Peshtigo River, Wisconsin by David T. Vernon in 1967.

Nation of Maker: Potawatomi
Nation of Origin

NMAI records

Place of Origin: Peshtigo River, WI
Date Made or Date Range: 1900s to 1967
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

NMAI records and physical examination by Cory Willmott, Alan Corbiere and Ann McMullen, July 2007.

Materials

shell, beads, hide

Techniques or Format

Incised; painted

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

NMAI records.

Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 239335.000
Collection at Current Location: Vernon
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1/1/1967
Collection Narratives and Histories

Vernon, David T.; Collected/Acquired.

GKS Reference Number: 25321
Record Creation Notes/Observations

This record was created on site at NMAI by the GRASAC members listed below. Ann McMullen and Pat Nietfeld of NMAI supported the research onsite. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, in Fall 2008 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CH)

Approximate Place of Origin

45.0552, -87.7355

Source of Information about Places

Wisconsin, USA

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