Shell Gorget
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Oct 1979
label: Collection Date
content: 1949 to 1962
name: label: Collector
content: River Basin Survey
label: Collector
content: Robert L. Stephenson
label: Collector
content: William Bass
label: Donor Name
content: River Basin Survey
label: Site Name
content: Sully
notes: label: Notes
content: A MARINE SHELL GORGET WITH GROUND EDGES; IDENTIFIED BY RAYE GERMON (1997) AS A MARINE GASTROPOD, PROBABLE GENUS, BUSYCON; ORIGIN, ATLANTIC OCEAN, GULF OF MEXICO; A SINGLE PERFORATION IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER; ANOTHER PARTIAL PERFORATION IS LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF THE SHELL IN LINE WITH THE FIRST PERFORATION; THE PRESENCE OF THE PARTIAL PERFORATION SUGGEST THAT THE GORGET WAS ONCE A LARGER ORNAMENT THAT WAS RESHAPED TO FORM THE COMPLETE OBJECT
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
label: Site Number
content: 39SL4
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sully County, South Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 338316
label: USNM Number
content: A471068-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Gorget
content: 8.27 cm
label: Maximum Width - Gorget
content: 9 cm
label: Maximum Thickness - Gorget
content: 0.72 cm
label: Weight - Gorget
content: 56.5 g