Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Crested Human H
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2636 Style: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Apical and body portion, distal missing Alteration: Reconstructed Manufacturing Notes: Only minor tool slippage, but surface is marred by many small striae as from scouring or grinding Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Disembodies heads, roach, beaded forelock, trailing down from eye Residue: Stains inner. Ink - some design areas have been outlined in ink. Use Trace: Scoured inner Comments: 9 heads face rt. all have roaches and ponytails and protruding tongues. No neck vestiges, or serrated edge to base of heads which might suggest trophies.
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: A423248-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.5 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 773.5 g