Stone and Shell from Spiro Mound, Archeology Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-1002 or MNH1002

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1962

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 9

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Summary

An exhibit case titled "Stone and Shell from Spiro Mound," contains ornamental beads and ritual objects used in the ceremonies of the Spiro Indian community. The Spiro Mound is located near Spiro, Oklahoma. The exhibit is on display in the National Museum of Natural History's North American Archeology Exhibit, which opened in November 1962.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 9

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1962

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Spiro Mounds
  • Spiro Indians
  • Archaeology
  • Mounds
  • Hall of North American Archeology (Exhibition)
  • Historians
  • Exhibitions
  • Beads
  • Burial Mounds
  • Indians of North America

Place

Oklahoma

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-1002 or MNH1002

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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