Bone Scraping-Tool
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: Raw Material 2: Ungulate? Shape/Form: Long and open. Manufacturing Notes: Long object having a working end which resembles a spatula. Made from a long bone which has been sliced longitudinally. The handle of the tool is retains the shape of the condyle. All edges are well rounded, and the surface is covered w/ striation from grinding. Surface Modification: Smoothed Residue: Sediment on outer. Use Trace: The distal tip is well rounded, asymmetrical and damaged. Comments: A large and impressive bone tool. Morphology resembles a modern shoe horn.
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
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: A448709-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 33.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 5.1 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 81.5 g