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 Manufacturing Notes: Catalog card says no signs of use. However, looks like it has been reduced in a couple of areas. Residue: Red pigment. Brown clay in crevices (thickly applied). Comments: Weight over 1200g. Naturally shaped roughly like a crouching animal. Perhaps this natural shape lent this its utility as a ritual object. Otherwise, could be raw material for powdered galena. Presence of ocher on surface is interesting. Brown clay residue or deposit overlays ocher in some areas.
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
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: A448703-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Galena
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 11 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 7.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 6.69 cm