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: Distal fragments Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bi-trangular arrows Residue: Brown residue on larger frag which is in poorer condition. Comments: Phillips and Brown picture a cup like these on Pl.66.1 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma), but its not the same cup as these frags. Also, at least 2 vessels are represented here. 2 frags are adhered into a large lower cup portion, one is loose, from a different vessel, and has larger bi-triangular arrows than does the larger frag. These would not seem as rare as Phillips and Brown would have them since there are 2 more examples here which they did not have. Design. 448880E by Joan Gardner, conservator.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Mar 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: A448880-13
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 304.1 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 17.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 10.5 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.46 cm