Engraved Conch Shell Dipper 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: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Large distal body fragment Manufacturing Notes: Deep lines Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Feathers. Divided concentric arcs, box w/snakes Residue: Brown film on surface Comments: Box-like structure containing entwined snakes with a big wing coming out of the top of it (toward left of shell). Tail at distal is complicated design of crescent, circle, feathered pyramid w/ concave base, and abstract design. Other part of shell (Phillips & Brown Pl. 201 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma)) has a bird man in the box.
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: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448873-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 390.4 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 24 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 12.25 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.68 cm