Portion Of Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Snake
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: 2768 Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apex & body portion, distal missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Bold crude execution. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake and talon theme, dotted circles, chevrons Use Trace: Huge piece missing of central body. Only apex and portion of rt and left sides remain. Comments: Appears nearly identical to Phillips & Brown Pl. 327 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Snake on apex & another on body w/talon motifs extending above body snake. Only 2 small sections of talon remain. 3-chevron pattern on apical snake reappeared 4 times. Snake head at right. Not in Phillips & Brown, but might fit center portion shown in Pl 333C.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2022
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423253-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.7 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.3 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 423.4 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.49 cm