Conch Shell Dipper Frag., 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: Exhibit mount for this object is located in 1123C00101.
label: Notes
content: Style: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apex and large body portion Manufacturing Notes: Hole 2.05 cm from apex, hole not perfectly round, appears as though it was whittled wider after being drilled. Design: Motives oriented longitudinally. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Eye; simple curved bow. Residue: Patchy brown inner. Comments: Strung bows laid out longitudinally and placed end to end, string oriented to right, bow on left. Columns of bows (at least 7 columns) alternate from two bows to 3 bows and lines are offset. A sweeping triple curved line is on the left broken edge. Between bows are small eye shapes, w/ center being drilled shallowly into the surface. 2 V-shaped forms are incised at distal left. Body consists of 2 refitted frags of 448818 & apex +1 frag unnumbered.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448818-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 31.5 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 14 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 684 g