Big Toco Style Shell Gorget

Description:
Shell Gorget
Additional Information: A small engraved and excised disk cut from marine shell depicting a dancing human figure with decapitated head; Native American Mississippian culture
Category Ethnographic Works of Art
Reference Number 00221
Materials Marine shell
Measurements Approximately 2.5 inches in diameter
Time Period Circa A.D. 1250-1375



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