Pin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Dec 1966
label: Collection Date
content: 1966 to 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Donor Name
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: BIPOINT. ANALYZED BY S.I. CONSERVATION ANALYTICAL LABORATORY IN THE 1970'S AND DETERMINED TO BE A MODERN FAKE (CA. 1930'S, ACCORDING TO APRIL SIEVERT, ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONTRACT RESEARCHER) MADE FROM SMELTED COPPER WIRE AND DIPPED IN ACID TO ACHIEVE A PATINA. "T1421" WRITTEN ON IT. WEIGHT: 32.2 GRAMS.
label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: T1421 Style: Fraudulent Shape/Form: Non-tapering Alteration: Chemical Manufacturing Notes: Perfectly round in cross-section. Ends are slightly tapered but only within a cm or so of the tip. Thickness consistent throughout. Comments: Clearly fraudulent by style. One of these has been analyzed - see CAL report (what number?). Actually - the five included here have been given separate catalog numbers including 542527, 542528, 542529, 542530, 542531.
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: Modern Fake, Ca. 1940
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A542530-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pin
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 27.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 0.41 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 34.2 g