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: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body portion, distal missing Manufacturing Notes: Drilled apical hole 1.3 cm onto apex from shoulder rim. Design: Bird-man Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Decapitated head, odd structure (house), bird beak, beaded forelock, dotted circles. Residue: Drips of conservative on inner. Sediment in grooves. Red stain on left. Possible faint basket impression distal. Use Trace: Hole in shoulder - deterioration. Rested on mat. Comments: Dots in circles are drilled. Being emanates from a rectangular structure. Its dotted w/ dotted circles, arranged in rows and rests on a platform of alternating dotted circles and hatched lines. Wing sticks out of top and holds mace. Other hand hold trophy head upside down. There is a tail and taloned human legs coming out of the other sides of the structure.
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: A448787-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 22.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.7 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 784 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.41 cm