Gorget

Museum number:
1-221924
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010221924
Alternate number:
2186 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Banjo gorget, etched.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-85, Stockton, San Joaquin County
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
September 8, 1901
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Gorgets (ornaments)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Part of burial.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
'Mormon Channel'...in excavating in Copperopolis mound (2 miles east of Stockton) unearthed 5 skeletons, the first found in the mound so far was we know. Under the head of 1 skeleton were found 3 banjo gorgets [1-221923-925] and seven other shell ornaments [927]. Skeleton lying east and west, head to west. Lying on back at depth of 2 feet. Under this skeleton one foot deeper was a second skeleton lying NW by SE, head to NW. Nothing found with this skeleton. By the right side of a third skeleton was found a bone awl [928]. The fourth and fifth skeletons were near the others but without relics." Description: "...See 2185
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-221924, described as Banjo gorget, etched.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-221924, described as Banjo gorget, etched.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-221924, described as Banjo gorget, etched.

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