Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Snake 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: Original Catalog Number: 2651 Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Complete, distal tip missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Very sketchy technique w/lots of false starts and slippage. Well smoothed surface. Once the artist got the line desired, it was engraved wide and deep. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Horned man w/ snakes, raccoon hindquarters, barred rectangle, pear design, snake staffs. Residue: Faint brown/gray sediment staining inner. Use Trace: Scoured inner surf. Comments: Frontal figure wears toothy grin, belt w/ tassel on each side and dotted diamond motif. Dotted concentric circle earspool, brickwork beads at ankles and knees, long pendant earrings (Joan Gardner, conservator, says see A448769). 2 horns and some weird shape coming out of top of head - perhaps stylized plume. hump on forehead between horns.
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: A423234-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 27.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 18.5 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13.7 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 1160.6 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.57 cm