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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body portion, distal missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Incomplete corners on shapes, curve rendering not the best. Design: Apex as separate plane. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Horned snake, three-fingers motifs, human hand, faceless figure w/ odd bifurcate head, legs w/o torso, triangular (heart? Joan Gardner, conservator) motif and chevrons on snake body. Residue: Yellow and brownish grainy stains inner. Comments: Joan Gardner (conservator) notes the position by the upper right human figure resembles Tulum (Yucatan) diving god. Thumbs undifferentiated, hand has bean shaped motif in palm.
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: A448786-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 20.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15.1 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.5 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 610.6 g