Pierced & Engraved Shell Gorget
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: Type 1 - Craig Element: Upper left fragment Manufacturing Notes: Narrow rather wavy lines but w/o too much overcutting. Surface Modification: Incised, perforated Symbols: Human foot. something w/rounded clustered beads, Dotted circle (earspool), beaded forelock on head. Use Trace: Obliterated Comments: Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) 1978:pl 23A. Mouth of person is eroded. He faces left and has a gridlike head band. Oval eye w/ eye surround. The foot comes down on top of the head.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
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: A448753-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 8.62 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 5.37 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 29.3 g