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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Body w/some distal & apical portion. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Knobs left in place and form the noses of the maskettes. Design: Floating motifs, shell morphology incorporated into design. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Cross (swastika) in concentric circles, human faces, drop (pear shaped) motif. Residue: Basketry impression on shoulder. Use Trace: Laid on or in basket. Comments: Phillips and Brown 1978:154 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) notes that so-called tear drop shape is usually oriented w/ the point down, so it probably does not represent an actual drop of fluid. Smaller frag 448880 matches design perfectly, but may be from a companion vessel, not this one. Maskettes oriented chin to forehead in a line around the shoulder, w/chins pointing right. Shell body occupied by pear-shaped motifs w/ crossed circles in upper portion of body. Dotted lines ring the pear motifs. Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) 1983 Pl. 266A,B (refit from 448880)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 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
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: A448815-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 18.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 11.66 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.9 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 356.6 g