Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1100-1350 (Middle Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Jay C. Leff, Non-Indian, 1925-2000
label: Auction venue
content: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (Sotheby Parke Bernet/Parke-Bernet Auction House)
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Jay C. Leff (1925 - 2000, a Uniontown, Pennsylvania banker); purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) at an auction held by the Parke-Bernet Galleries in January 1970; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Pickett County; Tennessee; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Central/Middle Mississippian (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: 25/1578
label: Barcode
content: 251578.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Gorget (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 7.6 x 7.1 cm