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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Body & left edge fragments Manufacturing Notes: Excellent control in execution. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Spirals or scrolls. Concentric circles Residue: Spot ocher on outer of larger fragment Comments: Phillips and Brown 1983, Pl. 261 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI). Centers of scrolls are 3 concentric rings. Joan Gardner, conservator, numbered this 448879C.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448879-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 94.3 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 5.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.75 cm