Human Effigy Pipe
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: Effigy Raw Material 2: Finely grained Luster: Dull Break location: Neck Shape/form: Human Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Bore perforates figure from anterior to posterior surface. Eyes and mouths are slits not well modelled. Rt Head has crude features incised w/rt eye extending into nose. Stem extends out 1 cm from posterior surf. Ears are crudely defined w/incised curvilinear line. In ea case the rt ear is clearer. Knobs on backs of head are prob. hair buns. Tool marks extend down into bowl. Design: 2-headed human w/incised body decoration Surface Modification: Smoothed, incised Symbols: 2 heads Residue: Smoke residue on upper surface of inner pipe bowl. Use Trace: Bowl is broken around perimeter. Bowl depth taken from ledt side to bore base. Comments: Wide mouths. Left head broken off but re-adhered. Figure kneels w/knees together. There is one hand on either side of the bowl and these are broken away. Right writs has 2 || incised line bracelets. Below knees there are incised lines running || around leg. 5 on rt leg, 6 deep and 2 shallow on lft leg. Widest point is at heads. Smoker faces back of figure, as though smoking would be watched by a person other than the smoker. On base the feet are shown by extending the leg carving w/ an incised line. Heels point up. Buttocks are clearly shaped and groove extends on to base where it terminates in an incised circle (anus, vagina?). Right buttock has 2 incised donuts. Left buttock has incised foot but no other decor.
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: A448665-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 9.42 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 8.27 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 730.5 g
label: Bowl Height
content: ca. 3.8 cm
label: Bowl Diameter
content: ca. 3.3 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 3 cm
label: Stem Length
content: ca. 4.6 cm