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 A Raw Material 2: Pleuroploca gigantea Kiener Element: Body fragment Manufacturing Notes: Fine narrow incising on heavily ridges shell Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bird, chevron, eagle feather motif Residue: Red on both surf, & brown sediment in crevices Comments: Very rare incised Pleuroploca frag. Phillips & Brown, Pl 170F (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Designated C by Joan Gardner, conservator. 2nd frag is 448880, also w/Craig A bird motif. Hard to say if it could be same vessel. 448880 fragment identified as Pleuroploca 5/92 by April K. Sievert. April K. Sievert placed 448880 frag in in box w/ other Craig A Pleuroploca frag.
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: A448875-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 30.6 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 7.6 cm
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 4.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 5.65 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 4.5 cm