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: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Body fragment, including part of both lateral rims. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Very well controlled incising. Design: Large motif. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Talon, wings w/hair marks, bird head, snakes, volutes. Residue: Basket impression is very clear on right side. Fibers are 0.35 cm wide and woven in a twill. Interesting puddled residue stain or ring on inner surface as though some fluid evaporated from a pool in the shell. Use Trace: Laid on a basket or mat, also had some liquid inside - possibly cultural and not taphonomic. Comments: Intertwined serpent/birds ea having different wing and body decoration. One has volutes and the other has half barred ovals. Tail of one extends up onto the apex and is on a separate piece in another collection (HMFA 63-234.7)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jan 2020
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: A448801-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 22.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.4 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.1 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 657.4 cm