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: Various fragments Alteration: Weathered (2) Manufacturing Notes: Well executed Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Intertwined snake theme, concentric dotted circles (2 frags). Residue: Gray sediment. Orange brown sediment on 2 largest frags. Red ocher on distal frag outer. Use Trace: Residue, scouring on smaller distal frag. Comments: Largest frag shown Phillips & Brown, 1978, Pl. 30 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vol I-III), smaller distal frag Pl. 31A. 2 frags are badly weathered but clearly from this style. 2 pcs in excellent cond, 2 in good.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2020
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: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448880-8
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 567.6 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 4.2 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 12.33 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 3.15 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.66 cm