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: 2 apical, 3 shoulder, 1 body Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Moderately good workmanship on all, some sketchiness Design: Bird-man theme Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Wings, feathers, squiggly lines, barred triangles, concentric hatched arcs lines. Dotted circle, barred arcs. Human w/flat top hairdo, beak & earspool. Residue: Reddish brown and brown on most pieces Use Trace: 1 apical frag badly scoured inner Comments: Different vessels, frags shown: Phillips and Brown - Pl 204 Ab, B; 204.1 (2 frags prob from same cup - this one w/no visible human traits); 208Cb, 208.1Ab (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). there should also be a large apical frag w/ barred ovals to go w/ the 2 frags from Pl. 204.1, but I haven't located it, or its with another set of frags.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
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: A448880-23
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 587.2 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 11.95 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 11.26 cm