Conch Shell Dipper, Engraved
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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Deep incising. Design: Geometric. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Semi volute, mask, hatched band (snake). Use Trace: Striations inside. Comments: Double ended volutes done in both Z and S direction. Crosshatched band divides shell at shoulder and there is nothing on the apex above this band. 5 volutes made of 3 lines || ea. One mask in center (slightly off to left) is very simple w/diamond eyes and diamond mouth.
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: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448805-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 25.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 20.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 1000.1 cm