Zoomorphic 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: Rough grain Luster: Dull Shape/form: Animal Condition: Chalking Alteration: Weathered, heat? Manufacturing Notes: Bowl/bore extends through top of pipe. Stem exits on animal's hind quarters and bowl exits on animal's back. Surface was once ground smooth, but most of orig surface is gone. Design: Quadruped Surface Modification: Smoothed Symbols: Puma Residue: Dark sooty in bowl Use Trace: Soot in bowl. Heated. Comments: Animal seems to be seated on haunches but raised up slightly on forelegs. Could be a feline or canine stance, but my gut reaction is feline. Actually, it looks more like a turtle than anything but this is due to the weathering of features. Badly eroded surface from chemical decomposition of the limestone probably from moisture and heating. Very friable, unlike other raw materials used for pipes. Head faces forward and is not raised. Overall slinky pose suggests cat. Animal head faces away from smoker.
label: Notes
content: Mississippian Period (AD 900 - 1500).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Nov 2019
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448666-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 14.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 5.82 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 7 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 545.6 g
label: Bowl Height
content: ca. 3.4 cm
label: Bowl Diameter
content: ca. 3.3 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 2.47 cm
label: Stem Length
content: ca. 4.4 cm