Shell Effigy Pendant
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: Irregular Element: Complete except for a part of the top bulge Manufacturing Notes: Incised lines are a bit uneven. On unnumbered face there are traces of 4 || growth lines on the distal portion. Design: Tassel shaped Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Tassel Residue: Cu on numbered face. Comments: Has a long central axis and 2 "wings" coming out from it. At apex is an elliptical form (incomplete) and there is a hole in this. Above this there is a long extension of the axial form, again w/ a hole which has broken out. Shown in Phillips and Brown 1983 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI), Pl. 338E.
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: 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: A448769-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 9.51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 5.3 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 23 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.47 cm