Pierced & Engraved Shell Gorget
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Dec 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Donor Name
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Style: Type 1 - Craig A Element: Left side fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Fine narrow lines w/some overcutting. Cut-aways are fairly well finished inside. Dots are done w/ drill starts. There are not actual drilled holes other than the cut-aways. Design: 2 figure type; cut-aways. Surface Modification: Incised, perforated Symbols: Man w/long skirt and 1 leg raised. Dotted circles, bead grids, staff. Comments: Interesting design on costume has 4 dotted circles separated by crossed bands. The bands are oriented transversely. This motif contained on a panel having a background of closely spaced incised lines runnig horiz. 14 narrow concentric rings around the edge. Design carries onto this border. Man probably holds staff. See disc. in Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) Pl. 138Ba
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448747-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 9.12 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 5.53 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 31.2 g