Engraved 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: Original Catalog Number: 2634 Style: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Large body portion and matching apical fragment. Manufacturing Notes: Some over cutting, deep grooves. Design: Warriors facing right. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bi-lobed arrow, beaded forelock, bow, clubs, bird head motif, perf pulley earspool, protruding tongue, barred oval, dotted circles, 3-tailed kilt, bracelet, kneelet, spider marking on legs (Joan Gardner, conservator). Top double hair bun. Residue: Color remains in grooves. Reddish brown stain on outer surface. Use Trace: Scoured on inner. Comments: Consists of 4 refitted frags of A488831 + 1 frag A423278 which matches but does not refit. It was connected through design matching by Phillips, with intervening piece UOSM A26-16. Animals appear to hang from elbows - bird head and mammal. Closed fists w/ fingers. Philips & Brown 1983 Pl. 187A, C (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI).
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: A448831-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 5.9 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 18.2 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 7.33 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 15 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 357.4 g