Human Effigy, Wood
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 Shape/Form: Human male Alteration: Warped heat Manufacturing Notes: Eye spots are excised - probably had inlays. Tenon extends out from base. Design: Headdress attachment Surface Modification: Smoothed, incised Symbols: Human Residue: Glauconite, Cu, basket fragment on face (cheek) Use Trace: Heated. Probably burned prior to mortuary ritual. Did not burn much, but enough to damage head, destroy left arm, and leg. Comments: Total length includes tenon = 50.5cm. Right side well preserved. Left side got burned some. Buttock is defined. Head has 2 slots in center and rt of center (left side damaged). Deep incision runs around head behind the ears. Right ear is realistic. Dent in abdomen could signify navel. Hairline clearly carved. Right arm has separated at shoulder.
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: A448891-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Effigy
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 9.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 21.5 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 38.7 cm