Pierced And 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 B Element: More than 1/2 Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Shallow incising Design: Cut-away Surface Modification: Incised, perforated Symbols: Bird man, dotted circles. Bead grid, raccoon binding on head and ankle. Residue: Cu stain on rim. Comments: 3 frags of a448760 glued, 1 frag of A448765 loose, 1 frag unumbered loose. The unumbered frag was probably at one time glued to frag A448765 because they refit. Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) 1983, Pl. 275 remark that this seems to be foreign subject matter (i.e. from farther east) transmuted by artists of the Craig B style. Hawk man has big bird foot. Wears back apron and hold long narrow bi-pointed biface, like the Duck River bifaces.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448760-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gorget
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: ca. 10.1 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 45.6 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.28 cm