Conch Shell Dipper, Engraved
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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete but w/ distal break. Alteration: Mechanical Manufacturing Notes: Interesting in that on the rt side of the shell, the uncut rim has a double flange of new growth extending for ~6.2 cm. This was not incorporated into the design. Design abut cut rim on left. Design: Geometric. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Hatched bands. Residue: 2 spots w/grainy yellow residue on the inside. Use Trace: Broken 12 cm up from distal tip. Comments: 6 bands of hatching ea separated by 3 || lines. Phillips and Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma) suggest that this may be inspired by a snake motif. Consists of large shell body w/ apex and distal portion A448880.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448803-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 32.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.1 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 653.4 cm