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Joseph Richardson
Ceremonial gorget given to Indians, 1757-1758
Silver
Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection
Gorgets, worn at the neck, were among the gifts presented to Native Americans as tokens of peace and friendship. Engraved into this example, one of 40 gorgets given to Delaware and Iroquois chiefs by Governor Robert Hunter Morris, is the image of an Indian and a Quaker sharing a peace pipe. |