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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 1 apical, one body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Wide, deep wavy lines. Design: Upside down design Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Running scroll w/ eye motif. Snake tail w/key marking; rattle motif on other fragment Residue: Mat impression on outer of larger frag. Heavy polyvinyl acetate. Use Trace: Residue? Comments: Phillips and Brown 1983, Pl 210Bb and 222H (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI). Part of man's thigh shown on smaller frag. From 2 different cups.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
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: A448880-24
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 117.4 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 6.52 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9 cm