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 (but w/big hole in body). Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Bold deep incising. Design: Multiple heads. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Human heads, beaded forelock, perf pulley earspool, ponytail, tattooed mouth, headed grid necklace, hair crest, forked eyes, pear shape. Use Trace: Big hole in body is much deteriorated. Comments: 4 extant heads, 5th likely, 5 forked eye motifs circle the apex. On these one fork is pointed and the other squared, giving the motif an outline that resembles a duck head. Large heads w/ tongues protruding.
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: A448796-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 34.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 713.7 g