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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Shoulder fragment Alteration: Worms Manufacturing Notes: Worm holes outer Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake and talon Residue: Heavy Cu on inner (unusual for these). Apical frag has black stains inside spire. Comments: 1 frag 448875, 1 frag 448880 same as the rest in this theme. Phillips & Brown 333E, A (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). 448875 frag Design "D" by Joan Gardner, conservator. 2 different vessels represented, design theme is the same.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448875-3
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 193.2 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 8.35 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 10.97 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.35 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.04 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.4 cm