Frag. Of Engraved Conch Shell Dipper
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: Body fragment to shoulder Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Some half drilled dots on outer Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Double looped eye, open maw stuffed w/artichoke leaves, bird-head tongue (Phillips & Brown Pl. 95 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma)) Residue: Well preserved basket impression on outer. possib. 3-3-1 twill, fiber width about .4 cm. Comments: Phillips & Brown make this an unidentifiable pattern of a fantastic beast., Phillips & Brown 1978 Pl.95 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III).
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: A448855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 16.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 9.85 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 137.5 g