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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical & 1/2 body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Apical hole Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Barred oval, snake, feathers Residue: Red inner Use Trace: Obliterated Comments: Not in Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Independent barred ovals on apex and over the shoulder, white a snakelike thing squiggles horizontally across the field over some feathers. Do not actually know what this is, but its probably within the intertwined snake man or bird man theme. 2 frags refitted. Small shell.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448880-14
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 109.5 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 9.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.56 cm