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: Craig A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical & body fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Slightly sketchy Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Woodpecker heads Residue: Apical has reddish brown, but its been treated w/pva heavily Use Trace: Residue Comments: 4 frags refitted into 2 2-pc frags. birds have broken beaks, necks are not serrated. These 2 shown in Phillips and Brown, 1983, Pl. 183 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI); see 448880-5 for another frag of a woodpecker head.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448880-20
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 130 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 15 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 8 cm