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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical fragment Alteration: Chemical Manufacturing Notes: Bold wide lines filled w/light brown sediment. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bird head w/ jagged surrounding lines Residue: Yellow-greenish brown residue on both surfaces. Thick polyvinyl acetate or something, so the residue may be contaminated. Comments: Phillips and Brown 1978, Pl. 112 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III). Shows top only of bird head. Eye is forked although the forked portion is missing from this piece.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448880-27
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 58.4 g
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 10 cm