Semi Lunate Object
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: Unclassified Element: Curved fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Inner lateral edge has 1 and possibly 2 wide grooves cut into it transverse to the thickness of the shell. The 2nd may be a function of deterioration because it is in an area that has deteriorated somewhat. The well preserved groove is biconical in cross section and extends up onto the surface of each face for a couple of mm. Surface Modification: Smoothed Residue: Cu on non-incised face. Comments: One end of the piece is not broken, but tapers to a rounded tip. Perhaps this is from weathering, but I doubt it. Shell is .65 cm thick on inner edge, & the sides taper to meet at the outer edge. Not incised, what appears at first as an incision is a function of the layering in the shell matrix. Probably not a gorget frag. May be portion of hook or something else. Lateral groove might be for tying something on with.
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: A448745-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artifact
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 4.87 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 1.29 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 5.9 g