Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: SHELL BEAD NECKLACE WITH PENDANT SHELL GORGET STRUNG ON NYLON? THREAD MADE BY KNOKOVTEE SCOTT, CREEK/CHEROKEE, FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA. GORGET DESIGN IS OF TWO FIGURES HOLDING VESSEL ETCHED INTO INNER SIDE OF SHELL AND COLORED WITH RED DYE. DESIGN ALSO INCLUDES BIRD TALONS AND CROSS. BASED UPON PREHISTORIC SPIRO MOUND SHELL GORGET DESIGNS. INVENTORY LIST DESCRIBES SHELL AS NATIVE FRESH WATER, BUT IS POSSIBLY PINK MUSSEL SHELL. ACQUIRED BY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVEST EXHIBIT. VIDEO: "THE STRENGTH OF LIFE: KNOKOVTEE SCOTT, CREEK SHELLWORKER" FROM FULL CIRCLE VIDEOS AT HTTP://WWW.FULLCIR.COM. INCISED MARK ON BACK OF GORGET IN RED INK POSSIBLY LETTER "K"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Creek (Muscogee; Mvskoke)
label: Culture
content: Cherokee
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430189-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45 cm