Details
| Artist | Caddoan, Native American |
|---|---|
| Title |
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| Date | between 1200 and 1350 |
| Medium | Shell |
| Dimensions | Overall: 4 1/8 inches (10.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Dabco/Frank American Indian Art Fund |
| Accession Number | 1986.6 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| Not On View |
Provenance
Found by Charlie Snell (Marked Tree, Arkansas, USA) at the McDuffie site in Craigshead County, Arkansas, USA.
(John Baldwin, Early American Artistry, West Olive, Michigan, USA);
1986-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
(John Baldwin, Early American Artistry, West Olive, Michigan, USA);
1986-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
McGimsey, C. R. "An Engraved Shell Gorget from the McDuffee Site." Bulletin of the Arkansas Archaeological Society 5, no. 7 (1964): 128-9.
Phillips, P. and J. A. Brown. Pre-Columbian Engravings from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Cambridge, 1978, p. 111, fig. 148.
Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3 (1986): 15.
Phillips, P. and J. A. Brown. Pre-Columbian Engravings from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Cambridge, 1978, p. 111, fig. 148.
Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3 (1986): 15.
