Engraved Conch Shell Dipper
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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Body portion Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Well colored design Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake and talons, dotted circles, chevrons, bead grids Residue: Brown stain in patches on outer. Use Trace: Worm damage, right side deteriorated. Apex and distal portion missing. Inner well scoured. Comments: Very similar to the other w/bird/talon motif in the Craig C school. Snake bounded by bands of 2 dotted circles alternating w/ 4 || lines. 1 talon point up from distal tip, min. 2 extend up and down above snake body. Snakes eye are connected in modified raccoon mask.
label: Notes
content: Another fragment from this shell has been attached to A448880-2 and the number A4488784 has been crossed out and A448819 has been written on this portion of the shell. A448784-0 is listed in Phillips and Brown for plate 11, the shell listed attached to A448880-2 is A448784 and this number is still visible on the portion of the shell that also reads A448819.
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
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: A448784-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 22.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 18.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.9 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 525 g