Non-Indian; collected from the Chippewa/Ojibwa Search this
Previous owner:
Stephen H. P. Pell (Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell), Non-Indian, 1874-1950 Search this
Object Name:
Gorget
Media/Materials:
Silver, brass
Techniques:
Hammered, engraved, perforated
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)
Date created:
1800-1830
Collection History:
Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1857; formerly in the collection of Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell (1874-1950), a historian, collector, and founder of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum in Ticonderoga, New York; acquired by MAI through an exchange with Stephen Pell in 1937.
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