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: A448866 is glued to A448867-2 located in 1102B01603.
label: Notes
content: Style: Braden Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 2 apical, 1 distal, 3 body Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Deep wide lines Surface Modification: Incised, excised (2) Symbols: Snakes Residue: Distal fragment has red brown discolor inner, Braden B body fragment w/spiral has red outer. Comments: Various serpent motifs, mostly in Braden B style, crosshatching and on one apical frag the snake wraps around the apex and has excised bits and an underbelly of trapezoid w/center rectangles (Not pictured in Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma)) Twined snakes mostly.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
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: A448866-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 362.2 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 5 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 14 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 2.51 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 10.72 cm