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: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Upper body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Some over cutting but generally pretty well executed. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Moundville circle, large human head, diamond eye, w/ellipse eye surround, beaded forelock, sidelock. Arrow. Residue: Red outer Comments: Phillips and Brown 1978, P. 53 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III). Design 448880F by Joan Gardner, conservator, or somebody. Heavy facial paint or tattoo, open mouth w/teeth showing. Moundville circle as part of headdress. Hair sidelock falls along side of face. Face oriented w/neck on left edge facing apex. Fairly small shell. 2 frags adhered.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
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: A448880-15
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 92.3 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 8.75 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 12.75 cm