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: 2 apical fragments, 2 body Manufacturing Notes: Interesting cut away scalloped edge on apical rim. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bird composite, feline character (Joan Gardner, conservator) forked eye Residue: Brown on inner spiral Comments: 1 frag is 448866 & 1 is 448880. 2 are 448867A. Phillips & Brown Plate 182B, C, G (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). And apical fragment unpictured. These were grouped this way before I got to them, so I'm just leaving them the way they are, even though the 2 body frag may not match
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: A448867-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 209.8 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 12.8 cm