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This gorget, a flat ornament generally worn over the chest or throat, was found in Elk County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1959. The polished stone gorget has two conically drilled holes, used for attachment, and marks and scratches that may have come from farming practices.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 446156
Call Number: 14EK 59.188.482 Hamilton Shaffer donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446156
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Gorget
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Elk
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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