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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apex and distal tip missing, complete body & shoulder Alteration: Weathered Design: Horizontal structure w/staggered bands of design Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bi-lobed arrows, concentric dotted rings for lobes. Residue: Lots of pigment left in design grooves. Large quantity greenish brown residue inner edge surfaces & outer surf too. Cu residue distal outer. Also spot mat impression on shoulder Use Trace: Residue - not scoured. Comments: Smaller shell than most. Designated 448877B, but is cited as 448877A in Phillips and Brown 1983, Pl. 271 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI). Both frags are 448877.
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: A448877-6
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 549.1 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 18.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.7 cm