Unengraved Conch Shell Cup
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: 2885 Style: Unengraved Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Left side cut right is natural. Distal hole Surface Modification: Smoothed Residue: Extensive textile residue. Fibers stuck onto surface. Red stain has leached out of fabric and cover distal portion of shell. Fiber width = .5 mm appears to be S twist but its hard to make it out because the fabric is embedded in grayish sediment. Use Trace: Laid on fabric Comments: An excellent example of residue on shell. Color is deep and vibrant.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2022
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423228-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cup
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 26.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.7 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9.4 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 551.9 g