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: Unclassified Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: All apical fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Variable. 1 w/ drilled hole Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Various - heads, petaloid motif, large hatched things. Residue: Sediment or dark stains in all apices. Comments: Largest is Braden A or B, Pl. B-4Ba (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). 2nd largest is same Plate, L. Drilled petaloid piece is UNCL in Pl. A-5I. 2 are refitted into 1 pc. so there are 10 apices from 10 shells.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 11
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: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448880-35
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 982.6 g
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 6.55 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 15.7 cm