Gorget (Pendant) with Horned Rattlesnake

Place CreatedNorth America

CultureMississippian

PeriodMississippian

Date15th Century CE

MediumShell

Credit LineWarren K. Moorehead's Phillips Academy Excavations, 1925-1928

Dimensions3 x 2 11/16 in. (7.6 x 6.8 cm)

Object numberX.0232.008

Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, January 1996 - 2001
Spider Woman to Horned Serpent: Creation and Creativity in Native North American Art, Michael C. Carlos Musuem, March 7, 2015 - May 29, 2016
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, March 21, 2018 - July 21, 2022
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 10, number S.58b.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 146.

ProvenanceProbably acquired between 1928-1929 via Margaret E. Ashley representing Emory University in Etowah excavations by Warren K. Moorehead of the Phillips Academy.

Status

Not on view

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