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: Complete but fractured & refit. Alteration: Weathered, mechanical Manufacturing Notes: Hole in columella stump mid-opening. Design: Complex spirals fill space. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Spirals. Residue: Small patches of brown on inner. Use Trace: Big hole punched in center near shoulder, has jagged edges which appear fresh and not weathered. Comments: Designs similar to Spiro Engraved pottery. Border along left edge of cup has excised triangles for a serrated effect. Swirled areas are separated by a triple line curvilinear pattern in which the center incision is wide and deep (2.1 mm wide).
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: A448807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 30.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.8 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 862.2 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.56 cm