Cut Away Shell Gorget Frag.
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 - Unclassified Element: Fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Shallow incising. Surface Modification: Incised, perforated Residue: Mica and Cu trace on surface. Use Trace: Weathered Comments: Probably not a sun circle because the design is not symmetrical. There is a combination of cut away areas w/incised line around edge of cut away and also on shell in between cut-aways. Not in Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
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: A448744-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 3.86 cm
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 11.36 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 0.37 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 4.9 g