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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: edge fragment, body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Fine narrow line Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Fringed apron, kneelet, men, anklets Residue: Brown outer, ocher on the 448858 frag Comments: Humans wearing ornate aprons and necklaces. Resemble those that hold severed heads, but these are empty-handed. Phillips and Brown Pl, 156 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). 2nd frag (larger) is 448858.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448861-5
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 40.8 g