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: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body portion, distal missing Manufacturing Notes: Not well executed. Appears unfinished. X-hatching begun on apical segment, but not carried all the way down the body. Left side cut edge intact, right deteriorated. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Horned snake, mace, broken arrow. Residue: Brown on distal. Use Trace: One spot of pitting. Comments: Odd rectangular eye. Cat-like teeth present. Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma,1978, pl 80) note correlation to "piasa" theme of composite feline, snake and deer. jg question whether arrow shown is nock/feather.
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: A448788-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 25.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.4 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.4 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 879.6 g