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: Unclassified Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Large distal fragment, 2 smaller body fragments Alteration: Chemical Manufacturing Notes: Large distal fragment has an area of excised || grooves, but I cannot make out the composition. Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Arrows Residue: Heavy mat impression. On distal fragment basketry is imprinted into the surface, as tho it ate away at the shell surface rather than just sticking to or staining it. Medial body frag also has basket impression, on surface. Both are twill pattern. Use Trace: Laid on baskets Comments: Probably different shells. The larger fragment is indistinguishable beyond being a complicated and ornate design. Smaller fragment has brickwork and a hemicircle, and a triangular arrow point at the tip of a shaft that has an expanding base (broken at this point).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Aug 2016
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448881-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 147.3 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 14.07 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.56 cm