Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 900 BC–AD 1550 (Middle Formative to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Veracruz/Gulf Coast (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick Vanderbilt Field (F. V. Field), Non-Indian, 1905-2000
label: Previous owner
content: Teochita Inc.
label: Seller
content: Teochita Inc.
label: Seller agent
content: Frances Pratt (Frances Usui/Mrs. Bumpei Usui/Mrs. Christopher Ritter), Non-Indian, 1913-2003
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Vanderbilt Field (1905 -2000, a political activist who lived in Mexico after 1953); purchased by MAI in 1969 from Teochita, Inc., an art gallery in New York City owned and operated by Frances Pratt (1913-2003).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Pánuco; Pánuco; Pánuco Municipality, Huasteca Alta Region; Veracruz State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Veracruz/Gulf Coast (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/3178
label: Barcode
content: 243178.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Conch shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, cutout