Unknown North American
Gorget Fragment with Cross-in-Circle Motif

Gorget Fragment with Cross-in-Circle Motif

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Gorget Fragment with Cross-in-Circle Motif
Artist
CultureCaddoan Mississippian
Titles
  • Gorget Fragment with Cross-in-Circle Motif
Date1200–1350
PlaceSpiro site, Oklahoma, United States
MediumConch shell
Dimensions1 7/8 × 7 × 5 5/8 in.

Credit LineThe McDannald Collection, gift of Arthur T. McDannald
Object number63.213
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur T. McDannald (d. 1963), Houston; given to MFAH, 1963.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Collector's Legacy: The Founding Collections of the Houston Museum of Natural Science," Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX
Mar 31 - Oct 7 1990 (LN:90.17)

Loaned to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for long-term display in the John P. McGovern Hall of the Americas, beginning June 10, 1998 (YL.2003-16 or previous # LN:98.26)

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