Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Four-Bodied Rat
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: 2618 Style: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Complete Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Sketchy technique, both distal and apical holes intact Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Intertwined snakes, barred oval, rattlesnake rattle, head w/ eye band & antlers, spider face motifs on snake head Residue: Thick yellow residue in basin along w/shell and other sedimentary residue. This yellow resinous or grainy stuff is probably remnant of the original contents of these shells. Use Trace: Residue & scouring inner. Portion of lower body missing along left side. Right side intact. Comments: Snake has 1 head but divides to 4 bodies which meet again at the tail.
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: A423236-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.2 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 601.9 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.4 cm