Engraved Conch Shell Dipper Frag.
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: Original Catalog Number: 2770 Style: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Apical fragment Manufacturing Notes: Centers of concentric rings drilled (not thru). Not precisely executed. Broken apex nicely ground down. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Jaguar/coyote figure, falcon eye (exaggerated), shell cup, concentric rings. Residue: Brown crusty residue on inner surface. Use Trace: Fairly well broken up. Comments: Figure appears to be drinking from shell cup. Comprises parent 448821, 423275(shoulder & body), 448880 (apex), 2 refitted frags 448877 (body). Figures are hairy and bodies are decorated w/concentric rings which are arranged in lines along the spines. 2 figures back to back. Rare refit between Meyer and Trowbridge collection.
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: A448821-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 14.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 493.6 g