Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Human Figure &
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: 2910 Style: Braden C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Arrow w/big nock, human Residue: Brown sediment deposit inner, should not be overturned. Use Trace: Hole in body of shell in spot where man's left arm should be. Comments: Concentric 3/4 squares (U-shaped figures) along borders. fan-shaped design around apex (bird tails?). Man is headless. Distal has thing w/ 2 fan-shaped motifs back to back and a head coming out. Fingers rendered w/ slits in a ball shaped fist. Arrow w/ massive fletching not broken which Philips & Brown indicate is unusual (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols. I-III. 1978, Pl. 116)
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423237-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 12.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 16.2 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 739.1 g