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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 1 apical, 1 body fragment Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Barred oval as decoration on snake body Residue: Chalking Comments: Larger apical frag = Phillips & Brown Pl. 198Hb (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Small frag numbered 448866-B resembles exactly the representation in Phillips & Brown Pl 229 - serpentine piasa in swastika arrangement. Grouped because of motif similarity.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 2019
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448866-8
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 145.8 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 4.9 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 7.9 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 2.7 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.6 cm