Shell Effigy Pendant

Object Details

Notes

Style: Irregular Element: Complete except for a part of the top bulge Manufacturing Notes: Incised lines are a bit uneven. On unnumbered face there are traces of 4 || growth lines on the distal portion. Design: Tassel shaped Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Tassel Residue: Cu on numbered face. Comments: Has a long central axis and 2 "wings" coming out from it. At apex is an elliptical form (incomplete) and there is a hole in this. Above this there is a long extension of the axial form, again w/ a hole which has broken out. Shown in Phillips and Brown 1983 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI), Pl. 338E.

Record Last Modified

1 Oct 2015

Site Number

34LF40

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Prehistoric

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Accession Date

30 Dec 1966

Accession Number

272249

USNM Number

A448769-0

Collector

Richard K. Meyer

Donor Name

Richard K. Meyer

Site Name

Craig Mound

Object Type

Pendant

Length - Object

ca. 9.51 cm

Width - Object

ca. 5.3 cm

Weight - Object

ca. 23 g

Bore Diameter

ca. 0.47 cm

Place

Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America

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Anthropology

Topic

Archaeology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8200821

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a006b8d5-52cb-4635-981d-949fd1a2dd86