Some are decorative gorgets, while others are the sacred ceremonial medicine cups. These are carved onto the shells of large lightning whelks, the only snails whose shells spiral to the left.

Another object sold by one of the multinational auction houses in Australia has gone into an overseas museum with different credentials to those it had when on the local auction block. The ...

CINCINNATI, OHIO—Workers digging a trench earlier this month in Newtown, Ohio, uncovered a Native American burial that included a rare, fifth-century gorget. “A gorget is an ornamental item ...

In 1790, the South Carolina government awarded decorative medals or gorgets to Catawba warriors who fought in the Revolutionary War. The gorget owned by Piney George – and buried with him and ...