Conch Shell Dipper, Engraved
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 fragment. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Crude engraving w/ lots of tool slippage. Hole drilled in apex, 1 cm in from shoulder. Design: Apex incorporated into design. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Falcon man, speech scroll, facial tattoo, columella pendant w/ 3 lines, sash, beaded forelock, roach, perf pulley earspool, 3 feathers at back of head, claws for hands, knee fringe/tassel. Comments: Inner surface is split and deteriorated. Outer surface ok. Figure has 10 spherical beads on necklace w/ pendant. C-shaped lips. Roach is engraved onto shell apex. Very little detail in the costume, and bird characteristics or minimized.
label: Notes
content: Mississippian Period (AD 900 - 1500).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Nov 2019
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: A448802-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 24.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.1 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 706.8 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.4 cm