Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Snake
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2816 Style: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete, except for tip of spire & shoulder portion Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Thin, shallow incising Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake, tasseled mace Residue: 2 spots of brown on outer central surface. Use Trace: Scoured inner. Comments: Hamilton, 1952, Pl. 117A (The Spiro Mound. The Missouri Archaeologist. 14:1-276) shows the mace attached to the snake as a tail, which Joan Gardner (conservator) noted as incorrect. Segmented underbelly, dorsal snake has alternating horizontal blocks and open space.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423235-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 16.5 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 420.9 g