Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Dancer
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: As noted in the publication, Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, A423246 (Trowbridge Collection) fits together with A448858 (Meyer Collection), which is stored separately.
label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2630 Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Apical & body Fragment, distal tip and sides missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Some over cutting and slippage Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Serpent staffs topped w/trophy heads, mace, pear shape design, forked tongue, human fig w/ bifurcate head. Back apron, barred rectangle, dotted circle, chevron Residue: Trace of liquid drip inner Use Trace: Scouring inner Comments: Cleft head and trophy heads are unus. Necklace of claws is unusual.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423246-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 16.5 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.7 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 802.2 g