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: Braden A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Various Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Rays generally excised. Rayed borders along cut rims usually excised. Some variability in skill level w/ some pieces done w/deep clean curves, and others are a bit wavier. Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Rayed concentric barred oval and Davis rectangle motifs Residue: Range of yellow brown patches on inner and outer surfaces of about 1/2. Use Trace: Varying amounts of residue and scouring. Comments: Fragments from at least three vessels and then some.
label: Notes
content: Style: Braden A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 2 apical, 1 shoulder,7 body fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Good curve execution on most. Some over cutting in excised saw-tooth border area. Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Spirals, dotted half circles (2), saw-tooth border (4) Residue: Grayish brown sediment outer on 5. Reddish inner on 2 (448878, 448879). Thick yellowish brown inner on 1 (448880). Use Trace: Scouring on inner of most Comments: Consists of: 448876 (2) largest frags including right edge frag. 448877 (1) small body frag. 448878 (1) left edge frag. 448879 (2) body & distal frag. 448880 (3) body frags (1) apical. From at least 2 different vessels. The 2 w/ the dotted half-circles are from same vessel. Odd that these are not pictured in Phillips and Brown. Quite similar design elements in the tradition of Spiro engraved ceramics w/complex spirals and excised saw-tooth border patterns.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 20
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: A448876-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object 1
content: ca. 955.6 g
label: Minimum Length - Object 1
content: ca. 4.5 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object 1
content: ca. 12.8 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object 1
content: ca. 12.95 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object 1
content: ca. 2.45 cm
label: Weight - Object 2
content: ca. 709.1 g
label: Minimum Length - Object 2
content: ca. 6 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object 2
content: ca. 12.72 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object 2
content: ca. 11.35 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object 2
content: ca. 3.5 cm