Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Human Figures E
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: 2833 Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Complete except distal tip missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Sketchy w/ many false starts and slippage. Deep bold lines. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Forked pole theme. Beaded forelocks, pear shapes dangle from wrists of mean reaching out to pole. Facial decoration. Speech scrolls (tongue), ponytail. Residue: Yellow grainy to resinous residue on inner basin. Thick and clearly from some fluid. There may be enough to have analyzed. Use Trace: Residue. Comments: Brown refers to three pronged tongue extruding from mouth of man on left. Joan Gardner (conservator) refers to h=these as speech scrolls. Very stylized bird head things on belts.
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423243-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 21 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 14.3 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 1172.3 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.5 cm