Human Figurine Of Galena
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: Effigy Luster: Dull Shape/Form: Human Alteration: Chemical Manufacturing Notes: Must have been tough. Crude modelling but the arms are realistically shaped. Ears are bumps. Design: Kneeling human Surface Modification: Smoothed Symbols: Human Residue: Basketry/matting remnants on anterior face. This must have been lying face down in order to pick up matting residue. The weight of the galena would certainly promote matting sticking to the figure. Cu is only on the bottom, as tho it were sitting on copper. But can't have it both ways. Clay/sediment on left arm area. Use Trace: Right top of head is eroded Comments: Basketry is on high spots, face, hands, knees, w/some on the chest. James A. Brown 3/25 said there is a similar figure in ceramic at Harlan. Buttocks are modelled. Head is flattened at forehead but some of this is from erosion of orig surface. Weight over 1200 gms. Part 1 of 2
label: Notes
content: Style: Unclassified Element: Fragments Manufacturing Notes: Probably a twill, but too little is present to tell for sure. Comments: Adheres to the galena man. Fibers well preserved on face and knees. Part 2 of 2
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: A448706-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Figure
content: ca. 7 cm
label: Width - Figure
content: ca. 7.35 cm
label: Thickness - Figure
content: ca. 9.7 cm
label: Fiber Length
content: ca. 1.85 cm
label: Fiber Width
content: ca. 0.55 cm