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: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical/shoulder fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Lots of scour marks below design surface, as tho it was rough sanded but not smoothed Surface Modification: Incised, ground Symbols: Intertwined snakes Residue: Black on right side outer. Crusty brown on inner Comments: Pseudoamphisbaena according to Phillips and Brown 1978, PL 70 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III). This fragment shows mouth and tongue - looks dragonesque.
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: A448857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 9.35 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 9.72 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 143.7 g