Polychrome Textile Fragments
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: 2718-E Style: Tapestry, Wrapped warps Twist: Z Element: Fragments Shape/form: Irregular Condition: Mechanical Manufacturing Notes: Consists of fine yarns, patterns outlined in v dark brown twining. Included w/larger bundles are some frags of feather wrapped stuff. Residue: Small bits of calcareous especially on largest fragment. Use Trace: Bundled, most warps are missing from the tapestry. Comments: 8 patches of cloth and 1 envelope w/ sample are in this lg. box. 1 frag has been unfurled and spread out on rt side of box. on left side is a "large center mass" - in the words of Joan Gardner (conservator). her notes continue: large fabric mass partially unfolded. The NSF grant ended before it could be finished. At the time it was stored on plastic and treated w/ 1-5% glycerine in dist water. Now, as a result of further conservation efforts of Lynn Arden, these are stroed in a glass topped Riker mount on smooth fabric. The box incudes the fiber sample. Unfolded bit has a design in reddish and lighter browns w/ outlining in black. This piece is attached by some wefts to another bundle (counted separately in lot count). Part 5 of 14
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 May 2021
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 9
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: A423372-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 25 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 17 cm