Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Serpent & Eagle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2619 Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Hold is distal & drilled from inside out. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake and talons motif, chevrons, concentric circles. Residue: Sediment and red stain along with cordage adhere to inner surf. Cordage is of fine reddish fiber, ~5.5 cm long and is 2 strand, Z twist. There is tape over the fiber. Use Trace: Some holes eaten through top. Comments: Same as the others in this collection w/ snake and talon motif. Snake on apex, another on body, top one head right, bottom snake has head left. 3 talons between, one below.
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423239-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.5 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 732.8 g