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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Lower body w/left edge bit Alteration: Mechanical Manufacturing Notes: Extremely sketchy Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bird man, dotted circle Residue: Along left edge Comments: Warped. Phillips and Brown Pl. 321.1(Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Even they are not happy w/designation. Parts of body seem disjointed and sort of wrong. Bird head on belt faces upward.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Mar 2020
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: A448880-18
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 226.1 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 17.7 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 12.3 cm