Small Fragments Of Engraved Conch Shells
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2889, 2836 Style: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical Fragment, distal body fragment Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake markings on apical fragment. Comments: 2 frags, probably not from same vessel, apical frag in good condition, distal less so. Distal fragment has || hatching designs. Apical fragment shown Phillips and Brown 1983, B-8 O (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI). They do not show the distal fragment.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423291-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 8.4 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 7.41 cm
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 6.22 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 4.62 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 6 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 53.9 g