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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Lower body fragment, upper body edge fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Excellent workmanship and nice curved lines Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Intertwined snakes, dotted circle snake body decor. Residue: Clear basket impression on smaller along edge Comments: Dotted area on the edge fragment. Shown Phillips & Brown Pl. 30D (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) (small) and 35Aa (larger).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
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: A448866-9
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 218.4 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 7.1 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 13.05 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.6 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.53 cm