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 distal tip. Manufacturing Notes: Hole in apex 4 cm down from apex and .6 cm below vessel rim. Design: Large motifs scattered. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Broken arrows, projectile points. Residue: Mat impression on outer body right. Use Trace: Laid on mat or in basket. Comments: Projection points in design have triangular outline and expanding stem base wh/ Joan Gardner (conservator) likens to Reed. Arrows have large fletched nocks. At least 11 repeated similar motifs.
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: A448810-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 26.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15.6 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 687.2 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.5 cm