Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Human Figure, A
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2622 Style: Braden C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete, except right side distal, large section of middle gone Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Drilled holes in apical rim margin and along both sides mid-vessel. Unusual. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Hooded man, bird head, broken arrows, mace, arrow snake, cross-hatched rectangles. Use Trace: Minor scouring inner. Comments: Mace has tassel off medial blade. Man wears checkered hood w/forelock. Shallow lines w/ little detail, stick type figures. Very sketchy technique. Big shell, w/big hole on rt face with weathered edges.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423242-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.6 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13.5 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 914 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.52 cm