Unengraved Conch Shell Cup
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2865 Style: Unengraved Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete except apex central spire missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Columella completely gone. Sides cut back as for cup. Surface Modification: Smoothed Residue: Thick calcareous deposit on left side. Inner has fluid stains. Outer distal is stained also. Use Trace: Appears to have been used as vessel, not a raw material for columella pendant making. Comments: This one was treated with polyvinyl acetate by Joan S. Gardner (conservator) in 1976 (only chalky spots).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423228-7
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cup
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 28.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16.7 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 577 g