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Exhibition HistoryTreasures from the Thaw Collection, Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, May 9, 2017 - October 8, 2017.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, October 13, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Wayne Lehew, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; George Terasaki, New York City
BibliographyDews, Maude. "Historic Relic Found In County," The Chickasha Daily Express[Oklahoma], 23 February 1982, p.1.
Drass, Richard and Dennis Peterson."An Engraved Shell Gorget from Grady County, Oklahoma" Bulletin of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Vol.30, (December 1981): 67; figs.1a & 1b, 75.
Advertisement for George Terasaki. American Indian Art Magazine, Vol.8, no.4, Autumn 1983), p.1.
Vincent, Gilbert T. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." The World of Tribal Arts, Vol.II, No.4, (Winter 1995-96): 5 & 35.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.31
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 11.
Culture
Caddoan
Gorget
Date1250-1350
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 4 1/4 × 3/4 in. (10.2 × 10.8 × 1.9 cm)
Object numberT0001
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis engraved shell gorget represents an "other-than human" person accoutered in elaborate ritual regalia. The bent forearm holds a circular object, perhaps a fan, from which drops a raccoon pelt, identified by its ringed tail and hind paws. The right hand holds a rattle, while a bird, perhaps a black vulture, is attached behind the right shoulder.Exhibition HistoryTreasures from the Thaw Collection, Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, May 9, 2017 - October 8, 2017.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, October 13, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Wayne Lehew, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; George Terasaki, New York City
BibliographyDews, Maude. "Historic Relic Found In County," The Chickasha Daily Express[Oklahoma], 23 February 1982, p.1.
Drass, Richard and Dennis Peterson."An Engraved Shell Gorget from Grady County, Oklahoma" Bulletin of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Vol.30, (December 1981): 67; figs.1a & 1b, 75.
Advertisement for George Terasaki. American Indian Art Magazine, Vol.8, no.4, Autumn 1983), p.1.
Vincent, Gilbert T. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." The World of Tribal Arts, Vol.II, No.4, (Winter 1995-96): 5 & 35.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.31
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 11.
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