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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body portion Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Color in grooves Design: Vertical orient Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Eye in hand Residue: Brown stains, pigment in grooves Use Trace: Inner surface degraded Comments: Phillips and Brown 1983, 324 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI). They question their own style assignment.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448853-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 20.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15.8 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 534.9 g