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: Apex to distal tip but fragmented. Alteration: Weathered, mechanical Manufacturing Notes: Hole in apex below rim is not finished, drilled in only ~1 mm. Design: Geometric, designed in negative and positive space (Joan Gardner, conservator, note). Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Volutes, wide squiggly linear design. Use Trace: Some striations. Comments: Consists of 3 frags of A448806 refit into apex and body. Distal tip refit from 2 frag A488879-A. Another frag A488879-A lies loose w/ this. Both S and Z volutes. Longitudinal design layout. Volutes consist of 4 || lines which are connected to the squiggly pattern by extensions of it which spiral in to the center of the volutes. Joan Gardner, conservator, notes design might be adapted from pottery motif.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448806-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 32.2 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 0.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.4 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13.9 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 789.8 cm