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: Unclassified Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Small fragments apical (5), shoulder (8), body (26) Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Varied Design: Varied Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Various including: Braden A - snakes, ceramic motifs; bits of all sorts of things Residue: Varied w/reddish brown stain on at least 10. Black residue on the frag w/ the carved knobs. Use Trace: Varies from scoured to unscoured Comments: Numerous pieces of all sorts. 1 Shell frag has ridge cut down into a round knob (there is at least 1 other shell, I think in the Harry M. Trowbridge collection that has this). Mostly Braden but there is Craig stuff too. None is pictured in Phillips and Brown 1978, 1983 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III, IV-VI).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Apr 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 39
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: A448880-34
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 338 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 2.2 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 6.72 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 0.9 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 6.9 cm