Gorget-Mask
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: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Distal and apex removed Manufacturing Notes: Bold solid curved lines. Hole is through earring. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Human face. Teeth, perforated pulley earspool. Residue: Brown stains Comments: Perhaps a mask for death. Phillips and Brown, 1983, 273A (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI). The mouth is open and shows teeth which are open as well. Beaded forelock is shown pulled to the left (when viewing). The nose is a long trapezoid. Eyes resemble fish.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Aug 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
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: A448861-6
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 9.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 11.45 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 93 g