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 Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Fragment Manufacturing Notes: Fine, very narrow lines. Design: Torso Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Human torso, upper arm beads, collar. Residue: Trace ocher and textile Comments: Joan Gardner (conservator) put this w/ A448750 suggesting they may match. While this is possible, the match is not near enough to warrant treating as a single object. Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) 1978: PL 23Cb.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448748-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 3.79 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 9.5 g