Portion Of Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Cres
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2777 Style: Braden C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body fragment w/ right edge and detached portion of left, distal missing. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Typically poor execution and lack of detail. Shallow incising. Design: Helter skelter layout Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Human heads, forked eye, roach, broken arrows, ogee, possible hair bun and ponytail (Joan Gardner, conservator). Residue: Rightt side has Cu residue on inner surface along the edge. This was sitting on copper, rare for these shells. Also patches of brown residue inner and outer and original sediment. Use Trace: Sour marks inner. Comments: Facial feature depicted as row of 4 or 5 peaks. Neck is 1) cut off straight, 2) cut off jaggedly leaving 2 points. Circle on back of head could be bun or earspool? 2nd piece is from A448850 and refits into left side of shell where there is a hole. Completes a large arrow fletch.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2022
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423259-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 16 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.3 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 630.4 g