Shell Fishhooks
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: Hook Element: 1 Complete, 1 broken proximal Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Incised groove around the proximal end on one 1.1 cm from tip. One side longer than the other & this is the side w/groove. Surface Modification: Incised Use Trace: Small one is broken at tip - grooved portion gone. Comments: Perhaps really were used as fishhooks, perhaps as ornamental fishhook emulators.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448770-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 5.22 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 6.89 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 4.91 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 5.04 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 43.1 g