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: Braden A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 6 body & 3 apical, 1 distal fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Generally well executed Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Davis rectangle & concentric rayed barred oval designs. Residue: Various patchy brown stains on inner & outer surface Use Trace: Very minor scouring Comments: Parts of several vessels. 3 frags 448877 (parent), 1 frag 448878 (largest). 7 frags 448880. None seem to be in Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Typical ceramic decor. Borrowed pattern w/ saw-tooth borders (3 frags), & excised rays on the ovals. I re-boxed these into smaller container. Dumped residue (dust) from previous box into this one.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
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: A448877-5
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 282.2 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 2.72 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 11.9 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 1.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.7 cm