Conch Shell Dipper Frag., 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: Apex, body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Drilled outside in. Design: Drilled 4.5 cm from apex. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: 3 horned serpents; speech scroll. Residue: Trace on outer apex-brown. Comments: Snake curls around the apical portion, 2 more seen on body. 1 snake shown in profile, while the other 2 are shown in flat view w/ both eyes visible. Profiled snake has a fringed element extending below the neck. Eyes shown as concentric circles. On one of the full face views, the eyes are connected w/a band that extends to both sides of the face. The other full face serpent is w/o this embellishment. Horns point downward toward snakes' mouths. Necks are ringed w/ checkered bands. Tail rattle visible on the banded-eyed snake. Scrolls extrude from mouth for all three. Apex consists of 1 frag ea. from 448866 and 448867. 448817 is the large body fragment.
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: A448817-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 26.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 478.8 g