Engraved Shell Gorget Frag. and Shell Cup Fragment
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 B Element: 2 Fragments of same gorget Alteration: Reuse Manufacturing Notes: Complicated fenestration. MADE ON INNER FACE OF PREVIOUSLY DECOR SHELL (See A448761-2) Design: 2 people facing ea other (w/other frags not in NMNH) Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Raccoon staff, concentric arcs on arm. Gridwork, concentric circles, complex belt. Residue: Lampblack. Comments: Had been designated A by Joan Gardner (conservator). Includes A448754, which is part of the same gorget (see Phillips & Brown, Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, P. 128). Card stated they were kept together, but I did not find them so. I did put them together. The raccoon is great - held around the throat at the staff.
label: Notes
content: Style: Braden A Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Body fragments Alteration: Reuse Manufacturing Notes: Not very well executed. Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Akron grid, hatching, possible snake form. Residue: Lamp black. Use Trace: Reused for gorget in Craig A style. Comments: Includes A448754. Same dimensions as A448761-0. See Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) 1983, Pl. 128.
label: Notes
content: Part One: Style: Type 3 - Craig A Element: Top and right side Alteration: Reuse Manufacturing Notes: Large central hole is surrounded by 8 little holes. Phillips and Brown suggest that these were for lashing on a plug to repair a broken cup. 2 larger holes as for wearing are on the side, not the top. Has an interesting use history in that it was incised on one side, maybe broken and re-used and finally reused as a gorget perhaps more than once. Design: Center circle of shell removed for gorget Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Concentric half-circles, concentric rings, forked eye. Residue: Brown patina inner. Use Trace: Breakage and reuse. Comments: 2 refitted (glued) frags. Some sort of bird motif. See A448761-4 for other side. Fenestrated but unclear that it was ever really round.
label: Notes
content: Part Two: Object Name: Cup Style: Craig A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Shoulder and body fragment Alteration: Weathered, reuse Manufacturing Notes: Lines are worn. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Petaloid design. Residue: Brown patchy. Use Trace: Possibly repaired, see previous record.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448761-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object 1
content: ca. 9.5 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object 1
content: ca. 9.52 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object 1
content: ca. 4.23 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object 1
content: ca. 7.95 cm
label: Weight - Object 1
content: ca. 62.2 g
label: Width - Object 2
content: ca. 13.18 cm
label: Weight - Object 2
content: ca. 154.3 g
label: Bore Diameter Obejct 2
content: ca. 0.38 cm