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: Apex Alteration: Weathered (2) Manufacturing Notes: Faint Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Arrow, circle, feathers Residue: Dusty light brown Comments: Feathered motif w/scalloped border & concentric arrow design w/circle in the middle. Phillips & Brown, 197, Pl 15 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Actually comprised of 3 glued frags, not individually numbered. Design 488880-H by Joan Gardner, conservator.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2020
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: A448880-9
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 51.5 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 7.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.43 cm