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: Body fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Over cutting is frequent Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Spider, forked eye Residue: Thick polyvinyl acetate coating Comments: 2 adhered frags shown in Phillips & Brown, Pl 244 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) - spider heads. See 423293 for similar design treatment (Joan Gardner, conservator,)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2020
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: A448880-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 95.1 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 9.9 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.5 cm