Wood and Shell Earspool
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: Composite Element: Pulley and portions of each flange Condition: Stable Alteration: Heat Manufacturing Notes: Faint impressions that inner flange was inset (incut) Design: Inlay shell Surface Modification: Excised with small bumps (.3 cm diameter) Residue: Shell, some Cu stain on outer. Comments: Only earspool in collection with this design of small bumps equidistant around perimeter - 6 extant bumps, room for 1 or 2 more. A thin earspool pulley compared to other wooden forms. Part record 3 of 5
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: A448905-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earspool
physicalDescription: label: Wall Thickness
content: ca. 0.18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 3.94 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 1.12 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 5 g
label: Inner Flange
content: ca. 3.2 cm
label: Pulley Width
content: ca. 2.98 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 1.82 cm