Shell gorgets are a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes highlighted with pigments, or …

Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (formerly Southern Cult, Southern Death Cult or Buzzard Cult[1][2]), abbreviated S.E.C.C., is the name given by modern scholars to the regional stylistic …

They clearly context for mask gorgets comes from the Northern represent a human face, with the eyes depicted by Plains, where a probable shell mask has been reported drilled holes, and the …

2024年6月18日 · These are generally construed as the “weeping eye” motif which is a documented style of ceremonial art from the SECC. A few of these gorgets have elongated …

On the opposite side of the eye, some of these gorgets have two oddly placed small triangles pointing toward the gorget edge. These are generally construed as the "weeping eye" motif …

Found marking the grave of an important individual, this gorget was worn as a neck ornament during life. Mississippian culture was one of the most cosmopolitan Native American cultures …

Shell mask gorgets are generally found associated with burials. They are considered to be gorgets because enough of them have been found in that position on the chest of the …

Spiro Mississippian Hand and Eye gorget, c. 1200-1350 CE, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. From artsmia.org (the description refers to two gorgets in Mia’s …

These large gorgets were carved out of conch shell traded all the way in from the Gulf Coast. Worn as chest ornaments, they were a marker of influence and standing in ancient …

This classic Fort Ancient marine conch gorget was found in Augusta ca. 1950 at site 14BK4. While a resident of Augusta, Payne wrote Gen. Lewis Collins and informed James Overton …