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: Apical fragments, large body + refitted lower body fragment Manufacturing Notes: X-hatched w/ drill start in each diamond center. Design: Snake uses space Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Snake, forked eye, T-form Residue: Brown on outer edges & inner Comments: 6 frags are 448866 (3 marked -A), distal frag 448880. Wide snake body seen from above. Back has slanted motif that resembles a T with a wide top bar. Forked eyes are at the sides of the head. Head missing mostly, & its at the dis tip of the shell. Carving deep in spots w/some excised spots. 1 apical frag shows underbelly. The dot in the center of ea diamond formed by the hatching is significant. Phillips and Brown Pl. 242 and B-7I (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: A448866-10
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 486.1 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 24.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.5 cm