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: Style: Craig A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Right upper body, distal body Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Well executed, drilled eye pupil Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Animal - bison Residue: Thick black on outer of distal frag left, brown sediment on inner of 423286 fragment, orange flecks on 448880. Comments: Consists of large frag 423286, distal frag 448874, small frag 448880. Single animal face w/ horns and snout on background of concentric scallop design. Animal's face is filled in using narrow horizontal lines which are fairly equidistant apart and straight. Phillips and Brown 1983, Pl 174 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vol I-III) for picture and discussion.
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: A448874-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 296.6 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 11 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 14.3 cm