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: Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body fragments. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Tool slippage and over cuts. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Beaded forelock, beaded collar w/ concentric circle ornament, sash w/ eye design. Residue: Brown on outer and inner. Use Trace: Residue. Comments: Comprises 1 large parent of A448832 and 3 refit frag of A448880. Interpreted as men facing a serpent staff, even tho the staff proper is obliterated. Fan shaped thing and appendage to staff are more likely associated w/ serpent staff than pole. Whatever it is it's forked.
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: A448832-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 24.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 20 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 676.6 g