Spatulate Celt
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: Perforated spatulate Luster: LS1 Broken: Yes Element: Complete Break Location: Mid Shape/Form: Flared Working Shape: Convex Manufacturing Notes: Well ground flat piece. Hole in center is1.04 cm diam at narrowest and 1.85cm in diam at surface. BICONlCAL hole. Design: Perforated Surface Modification: Polished Residue: Glue. Also some compound used to reconstruct one missing section. Use Trace: Distal part of edge is ground down somewhat and the surface along the bit is less polished than the rest of the surface. There are long scratches on the surface of the largest fragment. IF this is marble, then it would be prone to scratching. These are not exactly random, but they do go in several directions. Perhaps this piece has been dragged about. Comments: What would the hole be for? IS it functional or ornamental? Could be for suspension, but if you suspended this piece, so what? Interesting. The similarity between this and its mush smaller twin pictured by Dr. James A. Brown (1976) suggests they represent a single feature, or were made at the same time by the same craftsperson.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jun 2016
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: A448674-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Celt/Chisel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 24.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 18 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 1.57 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 885.3 g
label: Proximal Stem Width
content: ca. 6.36 cm
label: Distal Stem Width
content: ca. 12.92 cm
label: Stem Length
content: ca. 14.9 cm