Chipped Mace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2741 Raw Material 2: Alibates Agatized Dolomite Raw Material Source: Texas Luster: Waxy Shape/Form: Irregular Base: Straight Edge Modification: Fine thinning and secondary bifacial retouch. Manufacturing Notes: Extremely well made. There are 2 extant projections at the distal end, one in the middle, and one on one end, presumably there was a third on the other corner, but this has broken off. 2 lg ears protrude midway down and below these are 2 pairs of short downward pointing barbs. Residue: Red ocher smeared about on both faces. Use Trace: Ocher marks it for some sort of ritual or special use (but could always be war). All in all its not much battered. Dorsal ridges are polished, but this could be partially a function of handling (grease). Comments: Massive size and excellent workmanship. Although the raw material is of excellent quality, there are some grainier duller spots neat the tip. The stone is subtly banded in gray, red and yellowish brown. On one face a red vein runs naturally along the axis.
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423198-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 27.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 11.58 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 1.52 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 424.8 g
label: Proximal Stem Width
content: ca. 5.47 cm
label: Distal Stem Width
content: ca. 4.57 cm
label: Stem Length
content: ca. 12.38 cm