Worked And Worked (?) Shell Frag.
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: Unengraved Raw Material 2: Cassis Element: Lateral and opening edges Manufacturing Notes: 2 frags are drilled: the largest lat frag (widthwise) has 1 hole in mid-face punched through (may not be intentional). Longest frag has 4 holes drilled through the crest of the shell aperture at equal distances of ~2cm. Design: Drilled holes Surface Modification: Smoothed Residue: Largest lateral fragment has stain the color of yellow ocher. Use Trace: Drilled piece might be used for headdress portion, since the other objects w/ perforations at these distances around the perimeter are copper plaques. Comments: Note that Joan Gardner, conservator, notes indicate 5 frags of Cassis. One of these is a small shell fragment exhibiting distinct ridging on a circular opening. I am less certain that this belongs to cassis, although I am no shell expert. I have included it here anyways pending further id. Part 1 of 5
label: Notes
content: Style: Unclassified Raw Material 2: Pleuroploca gigantea kiener Element: 2 distal, 4 apical fragments Manufacturing Notes: Rims from vessel are smoothed and ground. Shallow engraving. Design: Arrow Surface Modification: Incised (1) Symbols: Dart/arrow point Residue: Yellow/brown on one (the engraved one) Comments: 4 apical frag incl 1frag ~7x4cm w/ the engraving. Other 3 are quite small. Part 4 of 5
label: Notes
content: Style: Unmodified Raw Material 2: Scallop? Element: Fragment Manufacturing Notes: Only edge appears ground Comments: Fragment of edge of heavily ridged bivalve shell. Part 5 of 5
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
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: A448885-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell Modified
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object 1
content: ca. 163.7 g
label: Maximum Length - Object 1
content: ca. 12 cm
label: Bore Diameter Object 1
content: ca. 0.3 cm
label: Weight - Object 2
content: ca. 99.6 g
label: Weight - Object 3
content: ca. 5.8 g
label: Length - Object 3
content: ca. 2.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object 3
content: ca. 2.4 cm