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: Complete Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Deep wide incising, well colored. Design: Large motifs. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Speech scroll, beaded forelock, horned head ornament, forked pole, bird head club. facial tattoo, striped sash, anklet, wristlet. Residue: Lovely textile impression on outer surface. Relatively fine basket weave. Use Trace: Hole in body and shoulder. Worm trials are visible in the subsurface where the outer surface has eroded away. Comments: Bird head club worn at waist. Little detail in design (simple), barred semicircle at neck. 3 bands of 3 stripes on pole, at base, at knee level and just below the fork. Different facial tattoos for the 2 figures. Left figure clearly holds staff.
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: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448799-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 33.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 20.9 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 14 cm