Sherd, Heavily Shell-Tempered
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 Broken: Yes Element: Effigy handle or adorno Shape/Form: Bowl Paste: Fine Temper: Shell Manufacturing Notes: Tool marks inside. 4 negative circles on painted band around what would be rim. There is a ridge separating the body from the bill-like appendage. Appendage has 2 black lines painted perpendicular to the ridge and painted band. Design: Band w/circles and bill-like protrusion. Surface Modification: Negative painting Symbols: Bird? Color Core: 10YR6/1 light gray Color Interior: 10YR7/3 v pale brown Comments: Brown 1971 (Pottery Vessels. First Part of the Third Annual Report of Caddoan Archaeology - Spiro Focus Research. Spiro Studies. 3) mentions Neeleyville negative painted but says its slipped, and this is clearly not slipped.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448643-7
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sherd
physicalDescription: label: Wall Thickness
content: ca. 0.69 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 57.1 g
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 7.62 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 3.74 cm
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 8.25 cm