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: Braden A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Wide deep lines, drilled hole Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Intertwined serpent Residue: Light brown crusty sediment. Reddish brown and black deposit on inner of 448880 fragment. Could be ocher. Comments: Phillips and Brown Pl. 26 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). 5/92 April K. Sievert located 2 more frags, 448880 and another 448866 an added them to this context.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
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: A448866-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 349.1 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 4.8 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 11.35 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 7.95 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 13.17 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.42 cm