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: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete except for pieces out of distal end Manufacturing Notes: Distal hole Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Intertwined snake. Residue: Yellow grainy inside, pink discoloration outside left distal. Use Trace: Residue? Comments: Snake tied in a knot. Clearly a rattlesnake w/distal portion used a the spot for the rattle, a nice design element. Only 1 figure w/o extant head. No other elements.
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
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: A448789-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 35.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.8 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 1065 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.51 cm