Worked Lump Of Galena
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: Worked cube Luster: Metallic Shape/Form: Cube Manufacturing Notes: Fascinating incised or cut cross-hatching on 4 faces. One corner has surface shaved off in .33cm wide and as much as 3.0 cm long strips. One face is smooth and ground out leaving and indentation with wide shallow walls and circular tool marks. Design: Indentation Surface Modification: Incised Residue: Red pigment. Brown clay in crevices (thickly applied). Comments: 2 different surface treatments are interesting. Could this be a piece from which bits or slivers of galena were taken to use in paint or such?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
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: A448704-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Galena
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 5.42 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 5.01 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 3.75 cm