Portion Of Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Bird
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: 2652 Style: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Shoulder to distal portion + apical portion Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Hole is along right edge up 3.8 cm from the tip. Design: Design framed by scalloped border Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Birds, concentric arc border design on birds, snake border. Residue: Dark smudges may be residue on left edge. Use Trace: Well scoured inner. Comments: Apical frag is A423272. Shows 2 birds, one facing up, the other down, They have long beaks and feet are detailed. Serpentine border design w/ tails crossing at distal tip. See discussion in Phillips and Brown 1978, Pl 89 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols. I-III) re the design structure.
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423257-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 623.2 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.35 cm