Conch Shell Dippers
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 and body portion, distal missing Manufacturing Notes: Knobs in place, design is outlined only and unfinished Design: Only apex used Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Horned snake in profile Residue: Grid pattern of coloration on surface might be from textile. This is not a residue, but a pattern of surface color variation. Use Trace: The shell was at some point punched on the apex leaving an indentation in the snake engraving and a protrusion on the inner surface. Comments: 3 point antler on snake. Dotted circle for eye and forked tongue.
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: A448783-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 22.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 750.3 g