Portion Of Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Ratt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2626 Style: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body complete, distal missing. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Obliterated by deterior. Design: Intertwined snake theme. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Rattlesnake, human hand, semi-ogees on snake. Tri-forked eye, crest on snake. Residue: Thick brown stuff outer surface in patches. Comments: Light weight and leached. Rattle of snakes at apex, hand on apex & shoulder w/joint depicted using || lines. Ogival pattern on snake dorsal view, modified stepped and segmented rectangular design on underbelly. At least 2 snakes, one w/ small tail, one w/ very large rattle. Human hand has 6 || lines forming narrow bands across the palm. Appears to be a right hand.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2022
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423260-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 16.8 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9.7 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 430.8 g