Engraved 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: Apex, large body w/some distal fragment. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Some over cutting a sharp tool clearly used because lines are very sharp. Surface Modification: Incised. Symbols: Pear shaped motif on triple bands. Use Trace: Large hole in right shoulder/apex. Comments: At least 3 bands. Another band of pear shaped forms circles the apex, end to end w/wide end pointed left. There are 3 on apex and they are not strung together as on body. Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) do not show the apical frag but it clearly refits.
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: A448840-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 25.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 10.2 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 315 g
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 15 cm