Pierced And Engraved Shell Gorget
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: Style 1 - Craig A Element: Central portion Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Very shallow incising. 3 drilled holes in upper portion. Must have been quite large. Might have been a plaque rather than gorget. Design: Human figure Surface Modification: Incised, perforated Symbols: Columella pendant, beads, large headdress, fancy apron, greek cross, petaloid motif, double back bun. Comments: Beads rendered in the round, rather than as gridwork. Knee level beads look like bunches of grapes. Beaded headdress, forelock and sideock. Thing reaching up next to guy's left shoulder looks like a leg, which would be really weird. See discussion in Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) Pl. 125. Would have been very large.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
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: A448758-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 16.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 8.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 87.4 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.45 cm