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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Distal, body fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Drilled distal hole Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Petaloid frames, beaded forelock, paddles, facial tattoo Residue: Orange brown on distal Comments: One frag 448862 w/5 small ones of448880 and one 448858-11. Different residue distribution suggests these frags were separated in the mound. 1 frag of 488880 w/this is from a different shell. Depicts people holding paddles up and framed as portraits.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 17 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 10.78 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 222.2 g